Hello Everyone!
Thank you so much for all of your thoughts, prayers, and encouraging words this past week....what an adventure it has been! We feel very blessed to have such and amazing group of people surrounding us with support, so please know how much that's meant to us!
Sam is doing very well...stronger every day. He's now breathing without any supplemental oxygen, so the nasal cannula has been removed. He's regulating his own temperature, so the heat has been turned off in his incubator. He had a short bout of jaundice, but only had to be under the bilirubin lights for 24 hours and his color now looks great. So now, he's learning how to eat! He's being fed through a tube in his nose and tolerating the feeds very well. They are increasing the amount of milk he gets every 12 hours, so if all goes well, he'll be taking full feeds in about 3 days. Once that happens, they should be able to remove the IV and start trying to feed him with a bottle. He has to do this well before he can come home. His doctor is still saying 2-3 more weeks. We are very anxious to bring him home, but don't want to rush things and want to make sure he's ready. We are now able to hold him each day and it's becoming easier to imagine bringing him home. He seems less fragile to me each time I visit. We have been so impressed with all of his doctors and nurses, which makes it a little easier to say goodbye to him each evening...
Here are some pictures, finally! Again, he still has his IV, which is currently in his scalp, but hopefully that will be gone in a few days and we can send out some pictures of him without so much 'equipment'!!!
Thanks again for all of your support! Keep those prayers coming....we want him to come home soon!
Love,
Ashley
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