Baby Travis Updates

Yesterday afternoon we received the results from his chest x-ray which confirmed that a piece of Travis’s right lung was collapsed and that he has pneumonia. He has been switched to two new an...

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Last week Thursday Travis started to come down with a cold, but he still feeling decent and drinking his usual amount. By Monday he was starting to become very congested and the fevers he had pe...

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Our little Travis has been doing very well! Since the last post, we have had a lot of improvement in feeds and because of that we have had a good weight gain. Two weeks ago he weighed in at 13lbs...

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We had a very memorable day on Sunday! The baptism went well and we had a nice get together with our family following the service. It was a great day to celebrate the miracle God brought into our...

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Travis continues to be a very content baby. Babies from the NICU aren't used to being handled a lot, and because of that he will lie awake for hours in his playpen just looking around. He loves ...

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Yesterday we had a busy day with appointments with our Paediatrician and the Development Follow-up Clinic at the hospital. Travis has been doing very well- he is 11 pounds and 7 ounces! They ar...

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Travis has already been at home for three weeks! It has been going well. He is a very easy and content baby. He will only cry when he is hungry, and is really happy with sitting in his swing or ...

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As you can see from these photos, WE ARE HOME! On Day 100, Travis started taking the bottle every feeding and since then he has been fed by the bottle. The morning of Day 101 he deci...

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There has been progress with Travis's feeds! He has been taking a bottle at least every other feed the past two days. This is huge for him because he really wasn't feeding much last week but sin...

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We have been learning a lot about Travis this past week! We have decided to stop with the bottle for now and continue with breastfeeding and tubing his milk. He starts to gag on anything plastic ...

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Today is day 90 of being in the NICU. His original due was tomorrow- hard to imagine that I could have still been pregnant with him! Travis has been doing very well. His feeds are taking longer ...

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Travis has been growing very quickly this past week and he is now 7 pounds, 9 ounces. Travis has settled nicely into Pod A. This Pod is more relaxed than Pod C, and we are able to be more invol...

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Last Saturday evening Travis was moved to Pod A! This is still in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit but is an area where the babies are getting ready to head home. It seems quieter, and all the b...

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Travis has been continuing to do well. We are still working on his feeds, with some progress. Today he had 16mls with nursing. His last weight was 3012 grams (6lbs 6ounces). He passed his eye tes...

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Our little Travis is just over six pounds already!! He is 6.4lbs (2900grams) now, so it has been very steady. He has been doing very well with his breathing. He is on the lowest settings on the ...

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Travis has been totally off of the CPAP the last couple days! He has been on "low flow" and is breathing very well. He is still receiving extra oxygen and a little bit of flow, but they keep on w...

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We've been busy the last couple days with Christmas and with Travis but everything has been going very well. The last weight was 2370 grams (5.2lbs). Our nurse cannot believe how much he is gaini...

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It has been amazing to see the progress that Travis has made in the past week. Two evenings ago he was 2175grams (4.8lbs) and they will be weighing him again tonight. Travis's eyes were tested ye...

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It has been another big week for Travis! They started “sprinting” with him which involves taking him off of the breathing machine he is currently on (CPAP), and placing prongs in his nose. T...

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Travis has been doing very well in the past week! His breathing has regulated and the odd time when he does stop breathing, he picks himself up again. He had a bit of acid reflux which caused him...

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The last couple days have been memorable for us!  Adrian and I both had a chance to do “Kangaroo Care” which involves one of us holding little Travis skin-to-skin for an hour.  This is high...

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There has been a number of changes in the past days! We were still waiting on Sunday for the final tests results to figure out what was going on with Travis. They determined last Friday that it w...

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We were in for a surprise when Adrian and I got the hospital yesterday! When we got to his room they had moved mostly everything out of it, and his roomate was moved. We found out pretty quickly ...

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 In the past couple of days there hasn’t been much change in little Travis. They did a chest x-ray and they saw that it was a bit “hazy”. As a result of that, they gave him some medication...

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Travis is 3 pounds (1360grams)! They weighed him three times to make sure it was right- the nurses couldn't believe it themselves. He is still breathing with the ventilator and having the occ...

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