Someone has a BIG boy!!

Well another 2 weeks have passed and again I do not know where to start. Dawson is getting rather chubby, topping out at a little over 5lbs 6oz, and moved into a BIG BOY CRIB!! Last week we did go through some swallow study research as well as looking into the reflux testing needed to move forward with Dawson's feedings. When our speech therapist came last week, she ordered those tests, and expressed her concerns with Dawson's feeding skills. He was still thrusting against the bottle, and fighting even half a feeding down. When they went through with the swallow study, we found that Dawson has been pooling the milk in the back of his throat, risking the chance for the milk to be taken into the lungs, causing pneumonia. So we reduced his bottle/breast feed opportunities and continued working on weaning the neocate out of his feeding schedule. Then Sunday rolled around and Dr. Ross came back to review the progress in Dawson's eyes, and monitor the scar tissue that had developed since surgery. She took a gander and felt that while things had not gotten worse, she felt that Dawson could benefit from a 2nd opinion from the specialists at Beaumont, and so she declared a transport...again...was necessary. So Sunday night, we were transferred down to Beaumont. Ryan and I followed the ambulance down and got Dawson settled in, and the Dr's took a look on Monday. They wanted to review further on Wednesday while Dawson was knocked out. After Dawson went under, the Dr. took a look and came out to discuss the plan of action. As it turns out, the forming scar tissue has caused detachment of both retnas, and while neither was totally removed, both would need surgery again. They went ahead and finished surgery in the right eye today, and will do the left on Friday. Things went well and Mr. Dawson woke right up, about an hour after the operation. He woke up mad as a hornet, and wanted that breathing tube right on our of there, and was on the hunt for food. They were able to start feeds again this afternoon, and while they started with a half a feeding, Dawson was not happy. So they upped it to a full feeding. And he was still not happy. So they gave him another half, and only then, was Dawson satisfied enough to settle back down. Also, MR. Dawson has come to the light, and finally figured out the Suck/Swallow/Breathe reflex. He has not received a feeding via the NG tube in over 36 hours, they have all been by bottle, all been sucessful, and down the hatch in less than 20 mins. No coughing fits, no gasping, no sat/heartrate drops, we are loving it!! We are hoping to move to the breast tomorrow. Fingers crossed. Some eye candy for your enjoyment =) Pirate baby! Wearing a patch over the eye, post-op for healing
Dawson after his post-op feeding extravaganza...turn it up!!