Scott Mallinson

First of all, sorry for the long wait for new pictures and updates. Scott has been great this week and last. He is feeding very well on his own, and weighs 2850 grams (6 pounds, 5 ounces). The situation with the fluid in his head is also improving. The doctors have not found it necessary [...]

Today was the day that Scott was due to be born. He had other plans. At 111 days old, Scott reached his due date at 6 pounds (OK, we did not weigh him today, but he was just shy of 6 pounds yesterday). Scott is still doing well with his feeding, and breathing. He has [...]

Scott has had another good week. He is still doing fine off of the ventilator, and the equipment has been taken out of his room. He is breathing really well, and has had no problems at all getting used to doing all of the work himself. A large amount of babies that spend long periods [...]

Scott did very well on the CPAP system over the weekend, but the CPAP needs to form a seal against his nose in order to provide him with pressure support. Since the seal was not working, they removed the CPAP (along with his astronaut head gear), and gave him a try without it. He still [...]

Scott is 100 days old today (and still almost 2 weeks until his due date!). For most of last week, we had been discussing the issue of removing his breathing tube, turning off his ventilator, and giving him the opportunity to try on his own. At the same time, he had been scheduled for surgery [...]

Yesterday afternoon, Scott went in for his fourth surgery. This procedure was to help with his glaucoma. The eye doctor felt that the glaucoma medication was helping, but not enough to avoid intervention. The procedure was to relieve some of the pressure in his right eye (by removing some of thf fluid). There is still [...]

Scott is three months old today, and still over three weeks away from his due date. He has shown some improvement this week in his oxygen requirements, and still loves his new crib. The eye doctor looked at his eyes again this week, and although his retinas look like they will be fine, he has [...]

It has been another good week for the little guy. Scott’s oxygen requirements are going down slowly, and his breathing is getting more stable. The doctors have been removing the fluid from his reservoir every couple of days, and this has made Scott much more comfortable. The extra fluid in his head must have felt [...]

We came in this morning to find that they had taken out Scott’s central line. We had thought all along that they would need to take him to the operating room to do this, but apparently not. The were able to remove the line easily with just a local anesthetic. It’s a good thing they [...]

Scott has been able to have a more restful time this week. He has been slowly improving from a respiration point of view, gradually having his oxygen reduced. He weighs 1700 grams, and is filling out a bit. The eye doctors were by yesterday, and the news is good. The retinas in both eyes look [...]