Rafael and Brienne had a great time with Maximilian today. We got to bathe him all by ourselves (with a nurse's supervision). He was extremely calm the entire time and seemed to actually enjoy the majority of it. He didn't even mind when daddy had to lift all of his neck folds to clean at those well-hidden, extremely hard to reach spots. Then, Mum got to hold him skin-to-skin for a while. Max slept like a baby should: peacefully and still up until the moment he spit up all over his mum. He didn't panic or anything either. He just looked around and calmed down immediately. When he got back into his bed, he fell asleep quickly and was dozing wonderfully when his parental unit left.
He was weighed again today. He's up to 2762g (6lbs and 1oz). He's quite a large fellow and barely fits any preemie stuff anymore. Most of his preemie outfits will be donated to the NICU at ST. B as they definitely need all the clothing they can get.
His eyes got checked today again. They're better than last week, but still need an updated checkup for next week. Now that he's off of the oxygen tubes, he's more likely going to have his eyes get better and better. They've started him on his MRSA treatments again and will be moving forward with his hernia surgery next week, regardless of how his MRSA tests come back. This will be great because, after that surgery, the only real thing Max will have to work on and improve is his eating. Ideally, the entire concept will "click" with him fully soon and then we can bring him home to meet his feline companions. We're both just dying to see how confused Nin*Dja and Kenya will be with a little Max hanging out at home.
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