Quick Update

Today was a long day.  We went to the hospital in the morning, then went back home to meet some friends.  Some of our very dear friends came down from Oklahoma to visit, see our little boy, and pray with us.  It was so wonderful to see them, and to have their love and support.  After lunch, we all headed back up to the hospital to spend the afternoon.

I am continuing to take his temperature and change his diaper.

And a few times we took his CPAP out of his nose for a couple minutes, and he was breathing great without it!

He was not happy, however, that I would change his diaper and wipe him with a cold, wet wipe. 

We also got the results from his head ultrasound, and right now he has a grade I hemorrhage on the left side.  The doctors will be watching him for the next week, and as long as he is not showing signs that the bleeding is worsening (changes in blood pressure, swelling of his head), they will do another ultrasound next Monday, and then we will go from there.  Otherwise, not much has changed.  He is still breathing well on his own, and his biliruben levels had gone up a bit, but have now gone down on their own.  His weight has dropped a little, but I guess for the first week or two it is expected that it will fluctuate some.  I will feel better when he is consistently gaining weight, though, and getting big and strong!