Tuesday, May 19, 2009

Pneumonia...

Jacob is back in the hospital. He was admitted Sunday night with pneumonia and will be here at least until Friday...

Quick number facts:

2.7 - jacob's weight at birth in lbs

14.75 - his length at birth inches

9.3 - his weight now - lbs

19 - his length now in inches

90 - days he spent in hospital after birth

6 - doctor's appointments he had in first two weeks home

13 - days he spent at home before going back into the hospital

6 - weeks premature he was

14 - how many specialists we have to follow up with in the next few months

2 - how many times he pulled out his feeding tube in the first week home

6 - pieces of medical equipment we have at home

9 - medicines taken daily

2 - lbs he has to gain before having surgery (fundoplication and gtube to help with reflux and his breathing issues)

6 - weeks he has to be pneumonia free before having surgery (however, the surgery may have to be done sooner to prevent him from getting pneumonia again)

3 - hours of sleep Audri gets at night

24 - hours that Jacob's feeding pump runs

7,000 - our out of pocket expenses so far for Jacob's care

500,000 - Jacob's medical expenses from first 90 days

15 - cans of special high calorie formula Jacob consumes in a month

15 - cost of each can of formula ($225/month)

105 - number of days we have been blessed to have baby Jacob in our lives!!

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