9 pounds

Lucas officially weighs 9 pounds! His head curcumference is 14 1/2 inches and length is 19 inches. He is still at children's hospital and did not get surgery. He has had many tests to determine what factors are playing into his ability to eat or not eat. The staff here ended up adding rice cereal to his breast milk every 15 ml and feeding him in doses. this has enabled Lucas to swallow a bit better and he's had more than three full successful feedings in the last few days. He is still on pathway x4 but since he is showing progress he will continue working on eating here. Surgery for the feeding tube is off the radar for now. A bone study they did showed that Lucas's upper bones in his limbs are shorter than they should be compared to the lower ones and there is a length difference between the right and left sides. After a second opinion, the doctors decided that it is not a significant enough issue to worry about now because they cannot determine if its an issue of prematurity or something else. He will be reevaluated in a few months. So, now we continue growing and working on feeds. He is meeting all the markers for a 5 week old development wise. For all his development milestones we will use his corrected age (due date of March 7) until he is two or three.