Memphis is still doing great! He has been gaining a little weight every night and is now looking like a healthy baby. Before the weight gain, Memphis looked weak and fragil. Memphis has now gone five days with no methadone! His withdrawl has come in the form of sneezing and sleeplessness. Even though he is withdrawing and not always comfortable right now, Wow how alert he is! He loves to look at everything and everyone. PHysical Therapy has said that he is doing things a typical three month old should be doing like holding his head up and brining his hands to his mouth which is exciting news.
The Doctor came by yesterday and said his kidneys and liver are finally back to functioning as they should!
Memphis is still having lots of reflux problems. There are times he is struggling so hard to swallow everything back down it looks like it is choking him and he can't breath. The reflux is definitely making him miserable. Because of how bad this is OT has not been able to push feeding from a bottle. His gagging reflex is so bad that even attempting to suck on a pacifier messes him up. It almost seems the stronger he gets the more pronounced his gag reflex gets. Hopfully the fundo surgery will help with the reflux problem. I don't think there is anything to do about the gagging problem, Memphis will just have to figure that one out.
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