Thamar

My brother David and his wife Kim had a beautiful baby girl named Thamar. My parent number of grandchildren doubled in less then a month.

Welcome home Tim

Coming home

This afternoon the feeding probe was removed as well. If he stays stable he can come home tomorrow!

Update 2

This morning, the oxygen tubes where gone! His oxygen saturation was around 95% which is really good.

Update

Tim is doing better. He's almost drinking enough with the bottle so he doesn't always need the feeding probe. The doctor said the lungs sounded clean so that's a good thing and also his cough is not as bad is it used to be. He's alert and smiling.

It'll be a few more days before he's fully over the virus.

Oxygen

We just came from the hospital. He's drinking more now, but he's still vomiting. When we got there his oxygen levels started to drop every time he dosed of. So now he has an oxygen 'moustache'.

Respiratory syncytial virus (RS-virus)

Tim has contracted the RS-virus and because he is so young he had to be hospitalized. The virus produces slime in the lungs, throat and nose so breathing can be a bit difficult. Luckily his breathing is still up to par and he's being monitored 24/7. This includes respiratory rate, hart rate and oxygen levels in his blood.
But the problem is he's not drinking enough milk. He needs > 640 cc's of milk per day, but only takes in about 400-450 cc's a day and he's also vomiting after about each meal...
He lost some weight due to malnutrition so now he's getting a feeding probe. This will help him get enough nutrition and get his weight back up. Then it's just waiting it out, there is no vaccine for the virus (yet).

• Babyinfo.nl RSV info (Dutch)
• Kidshealth.org RSV info (English)
• RSV Info Center (English)