3 months

Trey will be three months old on Monday August 9th. Here is his latest update.

Howdy everyone,




Things have been going well with me. I am finally over my infections,

and have the IVs out, hopefully for good! Last week the PIC line

developed an infection, so it had to be removed. This meant that I had

to go back to having IVs placed everywhere; my hand, arm, side of my

head, back of my head, scalp, etc. Sometimes the IVs lasted for only a

few hours, as my veins aren’t that developed and the antibiotics were

very strong, causing the IV to ‘go bad’. I am so glad that the IVs are

out now, as I did not enjoy being stuck several times each day.



With all the IVs and me feeling under the weather, I barely had time

to believe that Berkman got traded. That is horrible news; I thought

he was an Astro for life. He does deserve a winning team, and I hope

he gets it, but did he have to pick that team? Yuck.



Lately, I have been increasing my feed volume and bottle frequency.

Currently I’m on 55cc of formula every three hours. Every other feed

is with a bottle, with the feeding tube taking over the other feeds.

Working up to more bottles is hard work; I often sleep right after my

bottle feeds (and sometimes during the feed!). Mom and Dad are

learning this whole bottle thing, but we all are getting better at it.

I do have reflux, which causes me discomfort and to ‘spit up’ quite

often. The doctors have put me on a new medicine for that, and it does

seem to be helping. My new trick is that when is bottle time, I often

smack my lips in anticipation of eating. Dad and Mom get a kick out of

that, so I make sure I do it before each feed now!



I am becoming more active too. I really enjoy batting practice by

flaring my arms and gripping my family’s hands, and also practicing

for my future as a placekicker by flexing my legs and feet. Daddy

caught me yesterday, and swore that if he could put me on the floor

that I would have crept away.



This week I plan on increasing the number of bottles I get each day.

Once I reach 6 bottles per day, and each feed under 30 minutes, they

can talk about me going home. I can’t wait for that! I weigh in at a

hefty 6 lbs 2 oz now, and have officially outgrown my preemie clothes.

Daddy tells me football season starts in 29 days, and I want to be

home for that!



Thank you everyone for your thoughts, prayers, and patience. My

parents had a busy week, and hasn’t had time to send this out to

everyone in too long. They do apologize for the delay, and appreciate

all of your emails and well wishes.



Trey ‘33