We got to spend hours with him today! I was off of work so we spent about 3 hours there. I love to hold him while he is lying in his incubator (actually I think I'm supposed to call it an isolette). We spend a lot of time just holding him by putting our hands on him. The doctor told us that we may be able to take him out and hold him soon! That will be a little bit scary because he is so tiny and fragile, but we look forward to it.
Another thing that made today so good was that it is he is 10 days old, so he had an ultrasound of his head to make sure he didn't have an Intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH). It is very common for very small preemies to have an IVH since the blood vessels in their head are so small and fragile. It is basically when a bleed occurs in the brain. Beckham's scan showed no sign of any bleed at all! Even if preemies have a grade 1 or 2 IVH it usually clears up on its own wihout any residual complications, but we were thrilled to hear that he didn't have any bleeding at all.
Good for no bleeding! That is great. Thank you for keeping us updated!
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