Max had one last visit from his grandmum today before she set off again to her Floridian home. He was very drowsy, but they spent a few good moments together before her departure.
Today, he was weighed again and came up to 2670g (5lbs 14oz). The gain was a bit lower than they want to see, so they're adding some chubbifying additives to his breast milk for a while until he starts on-demand feeding. This will happen when he's more comfy with the bottle and breast. When he's at that point, he'll be eating however much he can whenever he gets hungry. That's generally when babies start to really increase in weight. Right now, he's still successfully bottle drinking a bit of milk every shift. He can take in anything from 6ml - 11ml at a time, but it still takes him a lot of work to coordinate the sucking, swallowing and breathing. It's still progress, though so we're quite proud of the little guy.
The bad news today was that his MRSA is back and they're going to start treating it again soon enough. Ideally, this will be the final course of treatment for the horrid little bug. It's still not affecting him in any tangible way, but they want it gone once and for all so that there are fewer possibilities of complications from it in the future.
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