Liam is aspirating milk into his lungs when he feeds, which means we have to stop feeding him by mouth for 3 weeks and switch to only NG tube feedings for the time being. The speech therapist who tested him says this often happens with cardiac babies or preemies, and it's typically a growth issue that resolves itself fairly quickly. He will be retested in 3 weeks to see if the problem has resolved itself. If he aspirates his feedings into his lungs, he will likely develop pneumonia, which (obviously) would be very dangerous for a baby with heart problems.
We are disappointed to be going backward once again, but hopefully he'll grow out of this problem over the next few weeks and we can resume bottle feeds with better results than we've been having.
In Christ,
Bill and Lisa
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