Update #42 for Wyatt Paul Sherwood

9.20.21

Wyatt has taken 22% of his feeds for the nurses.  He did have some blood work done today which showed he is anemic but the other test they did showed he was trying hard to produce baby blood cells so they will not do a blood transfusion unless he is showing signs of worsening.  The positive thing is this is normal for 6 week old babies to be anemic but trying to produce.  This just means he is a little more tired or gets tired faster so he may take a bit to get his feeds down.  He is down to a quarter of a liter of oxygen at 100% and they said next week they will try him on room air!!!  They will redo blood work on Monday to check the anemia.

Weight: 4lbs 13oz
Height: 17in
Head: 11.8in
Gestation: 35.1 weeks
Age: 42 days
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These are the qualifications for Wyatt to get home too: eating a full bottle or "feed" without problems, be able to regulate his body temperature in a crib, be on room air, no cords be at least 4lbs 5oz and pass the carseat test.

Carseat Test: must sit in thd carseat for 90 to 120 minutes or the length of the car ride home (45 min), whichever is longer.  During the test, the nurse will monitor your baby’s heart rate, breathing and oxygen level.  As long as there is no change and he can hold his head up okay, without problem than he passes!

Oh, and mommy and daddy have to pass the baby CPR, shaken baby and carseat safety tests before he comes home.

I can't thank the doctors, nurses and everyone that has been caring for us all during this time.

😇🙏🏻 Thank you so much Wyatt's Warriors, please keep the prayers coming! 🙏🏻😇