Note: Dad stopped recording statistics on April 14th of 2006, two days before I was so rudely discharged from the hospital. Feel free to yell at him for shirking his duty on those last two days! From this point on, sadly, I no longer have the benefit of having hospital personnel and all their fancy equipment for recording my data. Instead I will report back to you each time I get measured when I go to the doctor:
- Feb. 7, 2008 = weight: 23 pounds 0 oz.
head circumference: xx centimeters
- Oct. 16, 2007 = weight: 21 pounds 2 oz.
head circumference: 48 centimeters
- May 07, 2007 = weight: 19 pounds 6 ounces
head circumference: 47 centimeters
- Feb. 16, 2007 = weight: 18 pounds 7 ounces
length: 28.5 inches
head circumference: 46.25 centimeters
- Jan. 16, 2007 = weight: 17 pounds 8 ounces
- Dec. 15, 2006 = weight: 17 pounds 4 ounces
- Nov. 09, 2006 = weight: 16 pounds 5 ounces
length: 27.5 inches
head circumference: 44.5 inches
- Oct. 17, 2006 = weight: 16 pounds 0 ounces
- Sept. 8, 2006 = weight: 14 pounds 10 ounces
length: 26 inches
head circumference: 43 centimeters
- July 13, 2006 = weight: 12 pounds 4 ounces
length: 23.5 inches
head circumference: 40.25 centimeters
- July 05, 2006 = weight: 11 pounds 13 ounces
length: 23 inches
head circumference: 39.8 centimeters
- June 22, 2006 = weight: 11 pounds 3 ounces
- June 07, 2006 = weight: 10 pounds 2 ounces
length: 22 inches
head circumference: 38 centimeters
average feed: 3-4 ounces
- May 30, 2006 = weight: 9 pounds 13 ounces
length: 22 inches
head circumference: 37.8 centimeters
average feed: 3-4 ounces
- May 10, 2006 = weight: 7 pounds 14 ounces
length: 19.5 inches
head circumference: 36 centimeters
average feed: 3 ounces plus
- April 25, 2006 = weight: 6 pounds 13 ounces
- April 18, 2006 = weight: 6 pounds 1 ounce
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Let me throw some numbers at you, since some of you have been asking for various figures, measurements, and health indicators. "Establish a baseline" was the phrase that came up most - whatever that means - so I will simply repeat to you what the doctors and nurses are telling me:
[Note: statistics marked with an asterisk (*) are current as of 4/14/06]
Date & time of birth: 2/7/06 7:35 pm
Age at time of birth: 27 & 1/2 weeks
Birthweight: 2 lb. 10 oz. (1191 g.)
*Current weight: 6 lb. 1 oz. (2759 g.)
*Color: pink
Length at birth: 14.5 in. (36.5 cm.)
Head: 10.4 in. (26.5 cm.)
First meal: 1 cc on 2/9/06 at 11:30 am
*Current feed: 45-60 ml ["ad lib" policy]
*Axillary temperature: 97.8 - 99.5 F
*Average heart rate: 150s-170s bpm
*Average breathing rate: 40s-60s bpm
*Today's blood pressure: 58/48/51
*Current abdominal girth: 31.5-32 in.
*Low-flow nasal cannula level: 1/16 - 1/32 liters
Also of statistical note:
Date discharged from hospital: 4/16/06
First time oxygen turned off: 4/13/06
1st series of immunizations: 4/11/06
Switch to low-flow nasal cannula: 3/30/06
Last day of caffeine treatment: 3/27/06
Third blood transfusion: 3/26/06
Last day of feeding by tube: 3/25/06
Second blood transfusion: 3/24/06
First use of nasal feeding tube: 3/15/06
First attempt to bottlefeed: 3/12/06
First day in open-air crib: 3/11/06
First attempt to breastfeed: 3/10/06
First eye exam: 3/9/06
First blood transfusion: 2/28/06
Taken off the CPAP machine: 2/26/06
Date taken off IV: 2/18/06 (on "full feeds" now)
Date taken off antibiotics: 2/14/06
First nurse: Kate
Wanna see some good numbers? Check these out - from Valentine's Day:
= Number in red is my heart rate: 166 b.p.m.
= Number in yellow is my breathing rate: 26 b.p.m.
= Number in green is my oxygen saturation rate: 94 %
= Numbers in blue - that's my pulse: 59/33
[Ignore the numbers in the box at the bottom of the screen - that's the oxygen saturation rate for the little dude in bed #9]