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8/29 @ 8:00am ~ Jude started out the day getting around 8ml of sucrose per hour, and the main reason he was in the special care unit (not NICU, I came to find out) was because of his low blood sugar. We expected that, getting so much more sugars would make his little system sky-rocket, but he coasted with it.

Every three hours (at every feeding), he would get a little stick (sadness) and he’d get his blood checked. Anytime it was 60+, the IV would get -1ml.

He only had a couple of readings where it was below 60. Our happiest moment was when he got a whopping 72 after he was dropped 1ml. That means his body’s getting involved!

He was also but under bili lights to help some of his jaundice. We’ll find out the results of it later on Day 3.

Summary: He’s been brought all the way down to 1ml/per hour. At our 9:00am feeding, we’re praying that it will be ZERO. We’re waiting on the results of the bili lights. It looks like Rosanna will be released, but we think that they’ll want to keep Jude around and monitor his sugars to make sure he’s staying at healthy levels on his own. We’ll just continue to stay here with him.

Thanks for your support, kind words, and especially prayers.