About Us

2/16 Toby is born. He weighs 2 lbs, 7 oz. That's
1105g to us metric folks. He is on a ventilator but
stable.

2/23. Toby starts declining rapidly

2/24. Toby has pneumonia. Is put on Hi-Fi,
pavulon, nitric oxide.

3/3. Toby is taken off the hi-fi and moved to
conventional respirator.

3/6. New (bigger) vent tube.

3/8. First feeding

3/9. Off Pavulon!

3/12. Toby stops eating. PDA is wide open.

3/16. Toby is one month old. He is off nitric oxide
and gets his PDA ligated. Mom gets to hold him for
the first time.

3/18. Toby is eating again

3/24. Toby is 4 lbs!

3/25. Toby moves to a crib. Dad gets to hold him
for the first time.

3/31. Toby is extubated and put on CPAP

4/4. First bath

4/12. Toby is 2 months old.

4/14. Toby's first time at kangaroo care

4/15. First bottle

4/17. Toby is 5 lbs!

4/20. Off CPAP and onto regular oxygen

4/25. Toby graduates to newborn plus status.

4/27. Off morphine

4/29. Learns to breastfeed.

5/1. Toby is 6 lbs!

5/8. Toby is 7 lbs!

5/10. Toby is 3 months old.

5/23. Toby is 8 lbs!

5/26. Toby goes to Childrens'

5/28. Toby has surgery on his airway.

6/7. Toby is 4 months old.

6/10. Toby is 9 pounds!

6/11. Toby has surgery on his stomach and hernias.

6/18. Toby's starts feeding through his G-tube

6/23. Toby goes HOME. yea!

6/30. Toby is 10 lbs! He meets his pediatrician, Dr.
Fillipo, for the first time.

7/14. Toby is 11 lbs!