Caleb is 2 months old today, and 5days adjusted. He now weighs 4lb 11oz! He is such a blessing and we can't thank God enough for giving us this sweet little boy.
We went last Friday to the pediatrician because Caleb was spitting up quite a bit. They say he has reflux and it is very common in preemies to develop this. They gave us baby zantac to take twice a day. It seemed to be helping over the weekend but by Monday afternoon it was getting worse. Around the same time I noticed a rather large lump on Caleb's lower abdomen. I was able to press it back in and assumed it was a hernia. Tuesday morning called the Dr about his Reflux and this new spot. They called us in for an appointment that morning.
It was confirmed that he had another hernia (has an umbilical hernia as well) and we needed to see a urologist very soon to get it repaired. Yesterday we saw Dr. Perez and confirmed that he did have an inguinal hernia and that he would need surgery to repair it. 1 in 3 preemie boys develop this type of hernia and 1 in 4 will become strangulated prior to surgery. They don't know when that would happen but we would rather get the repair done now then wait for that to happen and have other complications with an emergency surgery.
So we are looking at the surgery happening in the next week to 2 weeks.
With the reflux, we cant add any other meds due to his immature liver so we thickening his formula with rice cereal.
Thats all the updates for now and will post when we know his surgery date.
