No news is good news- 7 Weeks (Late published)

Editors note: Jennie asked me to publish this over a week

ago with pictures and I didn't get around to it.  This is an old post and more has happened and I am sure Jennie will update it soon.

No News is good news.

Sorry it has been so long since we have given an update but in this case no news is good news.

He is doing great. He is  just as adorable a can be. Bridger is completely off oxygen support. He is currently working on eating more.


They give him just over 50% milk then the rest of his nutrients (TPN) is given through his picc line. So he gets 36 mL just over an ounce of milk every 3hrs. He takes 50% of his milk by bottle/nursing😃. He gets gas pains but he is pooping well.
He was totally off his meds for a day or two but then we decided he still needed to be on a low dose of morphine, he tolerates eating better with it. And since the TPN is hard on his liver he got another medication to help out there.  Overall he is doing really well.

Unfortunately I haven't been able to see him since Thursday.  Carter and I got that nasty cold that is going around. I had to take Carter in to his Pediatrician on Friday because he was having some respiratory problems (not unusual for Carter). He got a breathing treatment and is doing great.

Looks like Mr Bridger will have a few more weeks in the NICU (2-6????). But as always we are excited about the progress he is making. Tomorrow will be 50 days of this adventure.
Its crazy to me because everything was so different with Carter. By this time Carter had been swimming, to a rodeo, boating, on a road trip to AZ, and tried Ice cream and a sucker (spoiled by Great Grandma Taylor). He had so many different experiences than Mr Bridger. I still think he'll be a newborn when I bring him home but he is sure getting bigger. he is almost 8lbs now.  But wow I cant believe how they look the same to me.














Carter with Dad








Bridger with Dad















Bridger's Steps of Progression
✔️= done ➖= in progress

✔Intestines put in Silo (day 1)
✔Closure Surgery (day 12)
✔Off the ventilators (day 21)
✔Held by mom and dad (day 21)
✔Weened off sedation (day 23)
✔Weening his pain meds
Off paid meds
✔Weening his oxygen support
✔️Off oxygen support (day 41)
✔Hear bowl sounds (tummy grumbles)
✔Poop
✔️Introduce food(day 29)
➖Tolerate food (digest food)
Increase foods to full feeds (60mL)
Remove Wound Vac
➖Nursing
Take our baby home