Latest Update

Wow, how our life has changed since he has come home! We do not get a lot of sleep between giving him a bottle every 3 hours and giving him his 7 medications that range anywhere from giving it 30 minutes before bottles, some twice daily and even one mixed in every bottle. However, we would much rather have him at home to finally try to be a family at last.

Friday Peyton went to the pediatrician and he now weighs 6 lbs. 10 oz. and is 19 inches long, yay for his growth. He had a good check up and th dr. said he wanted to see Peyton back at 4 months of age which if you can believe it or not is only a little over a month away.

Yesterday, Monday, we went to the Pulmonologist for the first time. He was great, he spend almost an hour answering questions we had as well as giving us a lot of knowledge about what to expect. Peyton again checked out very well! They decreased one of his medications to every other day and the medications that went in his bottle cut it to half the dose he was getting. We are supposed to do these for a week and then discontinue them on Sunday evening. Once we got home the doctor called back and said they had had a chance to read his heart monitor download and that he had only had one apnea episode and it was 2 days after we brought him home so he has been doing really well. Because of this they are also allowing us to discontinue his caffeine he was getting every morning to help him remember to breath on Sunday evening as well. They said that when we get rid of the caffeine his acid reflux should get a littler better, thank goodness as it seems to really hurt him. Finally we are getting to get rid of 3 of his medications, only 4 more to go.

Peyton has made great strides and as you can tell he is getting bigger which helps out as well as they tell us he will grow out of a lot of his problems with age and weight. On Saturday, September 26th he will be 3 months old, he was supposed to be due this Friday, September 25th! Next week we will be going to Texas Children's to get x-rays done of his wrist to see how his rickets is, which is what tells us how fragile his bones are. Please continue to pray for him to grow and get stronger!

Aubrey Fleming, Alaina's younger sister whom originally started this blog for Peyton is having a c-section on Friday, Sept. 25th at the Women's Hospital of Texas. Please pray for her, the baby and the doctors that everything goes well as we are sure it will. With this in mind Alaina, Pat and Peyton will be going to see her this weekend. If any of Peyton's nurses from the NICU read this blog and will be there anytime from Friday to Monday please let us know by commenting to the post as we would love to bring Peyton to come see you guys.

Thank ya'll so much for the prayers and support! Please continue to pray for him as he still has some hurdles to go through and we will keep ya'll updated of his progress. Also please pray for the Fleming family and God Bless!