Milestone!

I'm extremely happy to announce that Dylan hit his first significant milestone today!

Tonight, we were able to have Dylan make his first attempts at eating from a bottle. He was a bit tentative at first, but then, he went to work on it wholeheartedly. In all, he ate 6cc from the bottle.

For a first-timer, that's quite a bit. Keep in mind that he still should be in Mom's womb, so any eating at this point is significant. Eating the little bit that he did was quite a drain on him, and he went to sleep right after, getting the rest of his 37cc in his NG tube. We didn't get a weight for him tonight, as we and the nurse thought it best to let him rest and do the hands-on assessment later.



In other news, I spoke with Dylan's doc today regarding the neuro consult. Essentially, the neurologist had the same things to say: Dylan is at risk for developmental delays, either cognitive or motor related or both. They would not or could not place odds on what type of challenges Dylan may face or how severe they may be, but his doc did say that she would be "very surprised" if he did not have some sort of consequences of this brain abnormality. Whatever comes, will come, and Barbara and I are prepared to meet it all head on.

One minor note from the neurologist- they are no longer calling what they see in Dylan's brain leukomalacia. Instead they are referring to it as suspected neuronal migration abnormality. A slightly different condition, but the prognosis is the same.