The last few days have been quite hard, and more than a little frustrating. Max has really been knocked for six by this flu vaccination, with a high temperature and increased oxygen requirements. We have realised that he does not actually have much 'in reserve' with regard to his breathing, and any little bug is going to affect him. We debated the prospect of taking him home on oxygen, just as a backup, but this doesn't seem to be a popular option among the doctors. By today he's off oxygen, and has been since 3pm yesterday. We'll have to simply wait and see how he goes over the next few days. We were to be 'rooming in ' tonight, with a view to taking him home on Monday or Tuesday, but that's not happening now. It's so demoralising.
On the positive side, he is still gaining weight (finally hitting 4kg - actually 4160g as of yesterday), and he's still slowly increasing his consistency in feeding. he's still having minor regurgitations every now and then, and is still very difficult to get wind out of, but he's doing fine. (I won't go into the new surprises recently with his stools - I am assured that a black/green is normal for babies on iron supplements. Just astonishing.)
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