4 March

Went in this morning to see Max STILL on intra-nasal! So, we think it’ll be pretty much no looking back from here. His flow was up from 2 litres to 4 litres, but the oxygen requirements were about the same – 28-35%, mostly around 31%.
And, the big overnight event – his bowels have begun working! Yes, Max did a poo! A huge achievement, for which he was thoroughly congratulated by all. I had nurses stopping me in the corridor to congratulate me. Very nice, but quite odd when you actually think about it. So, later today he’ll begin 2ml of EBM every 2 hours, and see how that goes.
I gave him a bed bath, during which he wriggled and whinged, and then a cuddle, which he seemed to really enjoy. He is so much easier to handle now! We weighed him – 2530g (which is 10g less, but considering he hasn’t had any oral feeds for a week and has begun proper bowel movements, this is fine).

Later- we went back in so his Tato could give him a cuddle too. Picture is of the 3 Anolak Men (Digo is visiting from Melbourne), and another of Max sitting up (!) in his Tato’s arms and vaguely opening his eyes. Tomorrow Max gets another eye test, to see how the surgery has worked, and I think his bowel surgeon will also turn up at some point tomorrow to check him out. So, overnight we need that bowel to keep working, and begin digesting the EBM properly. Big day, Huge weekend!