Today's progress and a few short videos from the NICU

Jack Henry has had a pretty good day today. He started this morning with 3 ccs (or MLs) of breastmilk every 3 hours. After the doctors performed rounds this morning, he was able to up his feeding to 5 ccs. Also his IV fluids have increased, which is a reflection of his increased activity and the Magnesium Sulfate that Elaine was on during her pregnancy is normalizing. 5 ccs of breastmilk produces approximately 3.3 calories with his goal to receive 150 calories per day. His caloric intact is supplemented by an IV of lipids (fat), sucrose (sugar), and proteins. So the target of 120 calories for every 1 kilogram of weight is the equivalent of approximately 5,000 calorie diet for a 100 lb person. Also, Jack Henry is doing well in his natural post-delivery weightloss. His birthweight of 1,240 grams on Monday to 1,180 on Tuesday to 1,150 grams on Wednesday to 1,120 grams tonight. Every baby (preemie or term) loses body weight of approximately 15% in the first week of life, so he's staying in range. For those who are curious, weight is obviously measured daily, but other measures (i.e. length / height) is performed on a weekly basis.

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Now to the videos from this morning: UPDATE: I can't get the Google Videos to embed or work properly and I'm uncertain if it's an HTML issue or what. (If anyone reading this blog has any suggestions, please let me know in the comments to this posting or email me directly.) In the interim, you can do one of two things. First, you can search Google Videos with the tag of "Jack Henry White" or you can click the links below.

1. http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8582492366120719811&hl=en
2. http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1372088902077632174&hl=en
3. http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7023488450947466941&hl=en

I may move the videos to another service such as YouTube or SmugMug or something else if anyone has suggestions. Look for more updates in future posts.