My little astronaut man

Will has had a good day. His blood gases are getting better. They did have to make a slight change this afternoon around 4pm. He was on a high flow nasal canual to give him help in inflating his lungs but he was having to be put on about 76% oxygen in order to keep his sats up. Will's sweet nurse Donna didn't like what she was seeing so she contacted Dr Omara and they moved him to a CPAP machine which will give him that extra pressure to help him a little better. So Will has this head gear on and my mom thinks he looks like an astronaut. I died out laughing when I saw him. It was too cute. I also felt sorry for him because he was trying to figure out how to get that thing off his head. He had to have a chin strap put on as well to keep his mouth shut because he likes to sleep with his mouth open and it needs to stay shut so the air will go to his lungs and not out his mouth. He doesn't like the chin strap and has figured out how to pull it off. Smart little fella!! Dr Omara was not pleased earlier with the new machine but gave Will a few minutes for him to be  impressed and Will did just that. So overall Dr Omara has been pleased.

Will's 9pm blood gases improved from his 4pm blood gases which is good. He likes his belly so they have given him the okay to be put back on his belly. I really want a picture of that. Unfortunately we are not there to see that. If his blood gases continue to improve then he will go back on the high nasal canual. If the blood gases get worse then he will go back on the ventilator. Please pray that his blood gases continue to improve and not get worse. He will have another blood gas in the morning.

Nicu Day 41

Will is off the ventilator!! They took him off at 9:49am today and is doing good. Blood gases were drawn at 10:45 and they were good. They will be drawn again at 4pm this afternoon. So all is well right now. He gained 10 grams over night which is up to 830 grams but still 1lb 13oz. We will do skin to skin again and it seems to be working and improving his functions which is great!

Take a look at my sweet baby and please keep praying for him and for a good day!

Nicu Day 40

Will had another good night. He gained 10 grams which puts him at 820 grams but still 1lb 13oz. But we are steadily approaching 2lbs!!!! Today momma and Will get to snuggle again and do skin to skin today so there will be more pictures to post. Dr Omara is planning on taking Will off the ventilator tomorrow so please please pray for a good day tomorrow and for our nerves as well. Everything has been great so we are hoping for a good time off the ventilator and for good results as well and to stay off the ventilator for good this time. But we know it is ultimately in Gods perfect timing and he is in control and knows exactly when Will's last time will be to completely off the ventilator for good. So please pray for good results in the end for Will tomorrow!!

Daddy and Will time

Doug and Will got to spend some skin to skin time together tonight. What a sweet moment as a mother to witness your husband and child together for the first time. Doug was literally speechless about the time him and Will spent together. I enjoyed every minute by watching them and capturing the moment on camera and video. We have been overwhelming blessed by such a great NICU staff and team of doctors. Dr Omara prayed over Will and us tonight and I cannot tell you how much that meant to us to know that he is so compassionate about his little patients in the NICU. Wow what an amazing doctor he is and to pray over Will, I just can't explain it! It was a moment that the Holy Spirit completely filled Will's room with his presence tonight and especially today.

I've heard the song "How Great is our God" by Chris Tomlin over and over again today and I cannot get the words out of my head. It speaks volumes to us and what we have experienced over the last couple of days and weeks. God is so great and so good that his timing is perfect when we need it the most. We redid the nursery this past weekend which was extremely hard to do but God knew exactly what we needed the most and he provided us with a very special moment of skin to skin time with Will. How can you say "thank you" for that special and precious time??
I'll end with some of the sweetest pictures of Doug and Will. Enjoy!

You make known to me the path of life;
in your presence there is fullness of joy;
at your right hand are pleasures forevermore.

Psalm 16:11

Surprise I GOT TO HOLD WILL!!!!!!!!!!!!

OMG I can't believe this happened today. I FINALLY got to hold Will for the first time today. It was an amazing experience and one I will NEVER forget. Will and I did skin to skin time today only for 15 minutes and it was the best 15 minutes ever! Wow, truely an awesome experience that I cannot put into words how I felt. I owe it all to my AMAZING social worker, Christy, who went to Dr Omara and asked him to let me do skin to skin. I was prepared to talk to him today about it but Christy went and did it for me and I will be forever greatful to her for doing that. Also, she was our photographer for the skin to skin time and I'm so happy she did that and I have someone like that who will go above and beyond the call of duty to capture that special moment and also to take care of us. Christy, I know you are reading this, but you are truely an angel sent from heaven and I can never tell you "THANK YOU" enough and how gracious we are for you and the ENTIRE NICU staff.

So without further adieu, I know you are dying for some pictures. So here you go!

You better not think that I'm gonna leave daddy out of this skin to skin time. He is getting to do it tonight and there will be pictures posted so stay tuned!!

Nicu Day 39

Will had a good night again. He gained 10 grams so he is up to 810 grams or 1lb 13oz. Yeah!! His chest xray was good. Not much change today but only to discontinue the potassium supplements and change his salt water intake to every 6 hours instead of every 3 hours. He will have a blood gas at 3pm today and routine blood work tomorrow. I'll have a surprise to show u all later today so check back in tonight to see what I will get to do if everything goes okay. Oh and he just had a HUGE poopie diaper that Donna his nurse had to change his diaper twice. It was so funny because it just kept coming out. Anyways enjoy the picture of my chubby cheek sweet Will.

Pictures of Will

Here are a few pictures from Will this past week

Hello!

My daddy has his eyes on me

Aunt Mary and Uncle John came to visit me

My mommy and daddy are holding me in my dandle roo so I don't move. I'm squirmy!

My mommy is taking my temperature

My mommy is putting lotion on my back

I'm with my mommy and she is calming me down.

Sorry the picture is turned the wrong way.

My footprints

I'm enjoying my paci

Nicu Day 38

Will had another good night. He gained 20 grams which puts him up to 800 grams but still 1lb 12oz. Yeah 200 grams until we can hold him!!! We are getting there slowly but surely! His potassium level is better so they have started him on steroids for 3 days and 2 doses a day. So the doctor is hoping he can come off the ventilator mid week. We are praying that when he comes off he can stay off so that is our major prayer this week. We know that the Lord will take care of him and strengthen him each day he will be off the ventilator. So please I ask of you all to pray hard for when he comes off the ventilator hopefully this week that he can stay off permanently.

Nicu Day 37

Will had a good night. He weighs 1lb 12oz or 780 grams. He is getting closer to the 2lb mark. He is low on his potassium so he will be getting potassium supplements. Dr Omara is wanting to try him off the ventilator again next week sometime if he can continue to be weined down off of his ventilator settings. So we will continue to pray that can happen and that Will can stay off the ventilator permanently. Being on the ventilator so much can cause a lot of lung and respiratory issues and we don't want to deal with anything like that. So please pray that when he does come off that he can stay off permanently.

Nicu Day 36

We survived a Thursday!!!! We are so excited!! Will had a great night and even gained weight. He is up to 770 grams or 1lb 11oz. As my friend Leah says "he's gonna be a butterball soon." Also that means 230 grams to go to the 2lb mark and also we will get to hold him. We cannot wait for that day.

As far as today goes, Will's feedings will increase to 15ml and will stay on his belly most of the day so he can regulate his oxygen level a little better. He loves his belly so hopefully we will have a good day. He will also have a routine blood gas and blood work in the morning. He had a chest xray this morning and it looked a little better but still a little hazy but we are getting there. Improving is the key.

So thankful we survived a Thursday with Will. He always throws us a curveball on Thursdays and we are so glad he didn't. He only gave us a HUGE weight gain of 40 grams which we will take anyday. We are slowly improving on a daily basis.

High Praise

"I will extol You, my God, O King; and I will bless Your name forever and ever. Every day will I bless You; yes, I will praise Your name forever and ever. Great is the Lord and highly to be praised; and His greatness is unsearchable." Psalm 145:1-3

Lord, Your are Great! I pray that the eyes of my children will remain wide open to see Your awesomeness. May they know how vast is Your greatness; how deep is Your love, how high are Your ways, how rich are Your treasures, how abundant are Your blessings, how full are Your joys, how generous are Your gifts.

May my children never think that You are too small, that Your presence is distant, that Your power is limited, that Your love is conditional, that Your help is unavailable, that Your grace is insufficient. In their inadequacies and human limitations may they learn to say "I can do all things - big things, little things, unpleasant things, hard things, inconvenient things - through Christ who strengthens me."

Thank you, Lord, that no matter how much we know of You, there is more to learn; no matter how much You have given us, there is more to receive; no matter how much You have shown to us, there is more to behold. We praise your name!

This was taken out of our Promise to Pray Over Your Children book that we read to Will every night. We read this last night to him and it meant so much to us. We are praising him today for a such a great Thursday we had and we know how great he is to take care of us in times of need. We know we can do all things through HIM who gives us strength and our prayer for Will is to rest in knowing that the Lord is strengthening him everyday.

We are continually praying for Will to grow, gain weight, for him to be strong enough to come off the ventilator, and to be clear of anything that he might encounter. Will continues to amaze us every day with the changes he is making. We stand amaze and in awe of how great and almighty our Lord is blessing us with such a sweet miracle. There are no words to express to you how much we absolutely love Will and are so proud of him for fighting through this journey. We know we still have a long journey ahead of us, but we will continue to give all the glory, honor, and praise to the one and almighty Lord who has brought us this far and will continue to bring us to the point where Will will be in our arms forever.

Nicu Day 35 and 5 weeks old

Yeah Will is 5 weeks old today. Happy 5 weeks little man!! He weighs 1lb 10oz or 730 grams. He gained 10 grams from last night. He had a huge poopie diaper this morning due to a suppository he was given last night. Sorry Will that you have to endure those but you gotta poop. The only change today is a change in his salt water intake from .5ml to 1ml. He will have a chest xray and blood work in the morning. We are pleased so far for a great Thursday and hope he remains the same since he always tends to throw us a curveball on Thursdays. So we are praying for a good day.

NICU Day 34

Will had a good night! He gained 10 grams and is up to 720 grams or 1lb 9oz. His length is 13 inches long and has gotten 1/2 inch longer than last week. His head is 9 1/4 inches which is 1/4 inch bigger. Yeah for the weight gain and length gain. His feedings increased to 14ml with an increase in his caffeine but still on .15ml of corn oil. His chest xray was a little better than yesterday but there still is a little haziness going on. His blood gases were great this morning and his sodium level is coming up to where it needs to be. We are praying for a good THURSDAY tomorrow because Will always tends to throw us a curve ball on Thursdays. So please pray for a good day tomorrow and today as well.

Will is growing so much and it is amazing to see the day to day changes. His hair is getting blonder but the nurses tell me he is getting a red tint to it and I'm freaking out but his daddy was born with red hair and it eventually turned to a blondish brown color. He is looking more and more like his daddy but that is okay I think I can live with that. He does have some tendencies like his momma though. He gets agitated if he is being messed with and just wants to be left alone. He raises his heartrate and gets mad when he wants his leg or a foot out when he is all bundled up. So Will is progressing overall and changing day by day.

We are so amazed and humbled by all the prayers that are being sent our way. We got a letter in the mail from a church in Houston, MS with a stack of cards from people we don't even know that had said they prayed for us. It came on Saturday and it was just what we needed. God's timing is perfect and he definately knows our heart and when we need the encouragement the most.

As we enter into tomorrow and Will turns 5 weeks old, we are so amazed at everything God is revealing to us on a daily basis. We cannot ask for a better blessing of such a precious and more perfect life that our one and only God created and hand molded specifically for us. Wow, what a journey and a privledge it has been to witness his incredible creation designed for us. We were always anxious about going to the ultrasounds and hated waiting 4 weeks to see the boys, but God knew exactly what we needed. He wanted us to see our son's development and his creation every single day and wanted us to know that HE is in control and that we should never doubt that. Wow, don't we just serve an awesome God?

I'm going to end this post with a Fulfilled Promise that comes out a book that my coworker gave us that we read to Will every night. The book is called Promises to Pray over your children by Roy Lessin. This book is incredible and whenever we read it to Will, we are uplifted by the promises from God for our children.

Fulfilled Promises

"For the promise of the Holy Spirit is to and for you and your children and for all that are far away, even to and for as many as the Lord our God invites and bids to come to Himself." Acts 2:39

Thank you, God, that Your promises are not just for generations past, but are for my generation and for my children's generation. Thank you that what You promised the early church, You have also promised us. Assure my children's hearts that You are not only the promise keeper of the past, but also the promise keeper of today and the promise keeper of their futures.

You give them promises to trust in, and You fulfill them in Your time. You are a promise maker and a promise keeper. Thank You that Your timing is always perfect, that You are never too late, that You never make a promise that is empty, and that You never forget a promise that You have made.

God, Your promises to my children are the divine assurances of Your will. Thank you. Fulfill in them the promise of the fullness of Your Spirit, the promise of Your call upon their lives, and the promise of Your presence with them always. 

God's Will

The last few Sunday School lessons have been on what is God's will for your life. Since all this has happened with Will and Drew, I've been thinking about God's will for not only my life but our boys as well. Even though Drew was only here for such a short time I believe that that was God's will for his life. Someone told me this that God took Drew back because he was too perfect for us and he needed him back to further his kingdom. Drew touched so many lives and fulfilled God's will for his life. As far as God's will for Will's life, we believe he is living that everyday. He is touching so many people everyday some that we may not know. We have been in awe of his progress and what he is doing. Every chance we get we tell our story of the trials we went through to get pregnant to what we are experiencing with Will and went through with Drew. We run into so many people as far as nurses and parents and if we can tell our story about how God is using us through Will then I believe we are following God's will for our lives. We have yet to know God's will for Will's life but in due time we will know because he is revealing it to us everyday.

So our Will is God's will and will always be his Will. God gave us Will for a reason and a purpose in life. Whatever that may be we will always live life to the fullest praising God for such a precious and perfect gift that we don't deserve but are privileged to be apart of to grow and nurture.

So are you living God's will for your life?  My prayer is that you are and are fulfilling his will for your life every single day.

Nicu Day 33

Will had a good night other than a spit up accident he had at around 4am. He is okay just a little gas on his belly. They did an xray to rule out aspiration which is having fluids or milk in his lungs. His weight is still the same at 1lb 9oz. His inflammation in his lungs seems to be clearing up but they still are a little hazy.

NICU Day 32

Will had a good night. He is up to 1lb 9oz or 710 grams!!! Yeah my baby is getting fatter and loving his corn oil. I'm so excited that we are in the 700 gram range. Yipee go big boy!!! His blood count is down so he will have a blood transfusion this afternoon. His sodium level is back up. He will have a chest xray again in the morning to check the lungs. So so far so good in Will's life.

NICU Day 31

Will is exactly 1 month old today and he weighs 1lb 8 oz or 680 grams!!!!!!!!! Yeah for the weight gain! His blood gas test was good this morning. But his chest xray showed that his lungs were hazy and showed some inflamation which is due to the respirator. The inflamation is the side effect of being on the respirator for a while and it should clear up over time as he comes off the ventilator again. Overall, Dr Nading is very pleased with his 1 month progress in the NICU. So HAPPY 1 MONTH BIRTHDAY sweet Will. Momma and Daddy are so pleased with you and your strength and weight gain. We love you so much!!!!

NICU Day 30

Will is doing well today. He is up to 1lb 6oz or 630 grams. They increased his corn oil from .1ml to. 15ml and his feedings to 13 ml. He will have a routine blood work and a chest xray in the morning. So Will is fat and happy on this Saturday morning.

NICU Day 29

We have had a very good day with Will being back on the ventilator. After deciding not to breathe last night by being off the ventilator the doctors made the decision to put him back on last night (see previous post). He rode the ventilator most of the night and has been letting it breathe for him some of today. He has been getting his regular feedings that are at 12ml and has been taking those well. Get this, he is taking corn oil to boost his fatness. His weight is back up to 600 grams or 1lb 5oz. So right now, our focus is to let him continue to rest, gain his strength back, gain some weight, and try him off the ventilator sometime in another week. This is very common for preemies his size, they come off and go back on. His lungs are not fully developed yet but will in time as he grows and gains weight.

After everything that we went through last night, I flipped on the radio to Sirius XM and listened to The Message and heard this song playing and I literally wept because this describes exactly how we have felt throughout this whole journey. We know we are not alone and we can carry any burden or worry we have to the cross and lay them all down at Jesus's feet and he will love and comfort us and bring us back to where we need to be. Which is directly back into his loving arms, trusting and knowing that he will provide and take care of our Will.

Carry Me to The Cross
by Kutless

When the path is daunting
And every step exhausting
I'm not alone
I'm not alone, no, no
I feel you draw me closer
All these burdens on my shoulder
I'm not alone, I'm not alone
You pull me me from this place

Hallelujah
You carry me every day
You carry me all all the way
Hallelujah
You carry me to the
You carry me to the cross

How your love has moved me, yeah
To the foot of all your glory
I'm not alone, I'm not alone
I'm not alone

Hallelujah
You carry me every day
You carry me all all the way
Hallelujah
You carry me to the
You carry me to the cross

All of these cities you have built
And every cathedral you have filled
To all of creation you gave life with your hands
And with those hands you comfort me
You lift me up from my knees
And carry me
You carry me

Hallelujah
You carry me every day
You carry me all all the way
Hallelujah
You carry me to the
You carry me to the cross
The cross
You carry me to the
You carry me to the cross

Nicu 28 Evening update

Will has yet to surprise us again on his 4 week birthday. As soon as I posted his last update Will decided to quit breathing and turned a blue color and they had to neopuff him. We've never been so scared in our life to witness and hold onto a child that you love so much and watch that happen. But Will was tired and needed to be back on the ventilator. We are so proud of him for being off the vent for 60 hours which was 12 more than his last time. God literally brought us to our knees as we humbly prayed for Will to pull through and for God to lay his everloving hand of protection over our son. This is God's Will and he promised us that he will never leave us or forsake us. God gave Will to us and we know that he has a purpose for him in life. We may not know what that is but God is sovereign and almighty and we know without a shadow of a doubt that HE IS IN CONTROL and HE WILL PREVAIL!!

Lord thank you for Will and the blessing that he means to us.

Happy 4 weeks Will

Will is snug as a bug on his 4 week birthday. He has had his Poppa Bill's blood for his blood transfusion and is doing much better. He is tucked in all nice and cozy for the night. Sleep tight sweet Will. Momma and Daddy love you very much!!

NICU Day 28 again

Well this is NICU Day 29 but I've been told it is actually NICU Day 28 so I'm back tracking to NICU Day 28. So anyways! Will is 4 weeks old today! YEAH! I still can't believe it has been 4 weeks since I delivered him and his precious brother Drew.

Will is doing good. Still off the ventilator. He is having a few periodic breathing this afternoon so he is getting lazy. He is still getting his breathing treatments but no albuterol. His chest xrays are showing his lungs are not inflating well but his blood gases are good. He is getting 2 doses of steriods to help and a shot of caffeine so that should help the lungs. He is supposed to have a blood transfusion either today or tomorrow and the blood is coming from my dad. So thank you dad for donating blood to help my son.

Please pray that his lungs will inflate better and that the steroids will work and he can continue to stay off the ventilator. We are giving this all to God for he is our provider and comfort for the strength we need for this Nicu roller coaster.

Evening Day 28 update

Thank you so much for your prayers and thoughts today. Will has been much better today. He has had a breathing treatment but did not have the albuterol medicine at the 1pm and 7pm treatment. His heartrate has been in the mid 170 range which is better than the 200 range. Please continue to pray for Will that he continues to improve and can continue to tolerate the treatments if they are needed.

NICU Day 28

Where do I start on Will's update today. I'm really not sure how to explain it all but here goes. Will had a good night off the ventilator last night. His chest xray showed that his lungs are not getting fully inflated as they would like which means he is not taking deep enough breaths on his own by being off the ventilator. His blood gas this morning was good other than the CO2 level which was high. Since it was high, they started him on a breathing treatment. When they give him his breathing treatments, they give him Albuterol which is a bronchodilator that relaxes muscles in the airways and increases air flow to the lungs. When they give him medicine, it spikes his heartrate up to 215ish and they don't like that. But the heartrate is supposed to be back to normal range (150-170) after 1 hour and his is not and is taking longer to reach that normal range. So now he will only get the breathing treatments but not the albuterol if his heartrate is higher than the 160s. The breathing treatments will help him to breathe deeper and on his own so they can't quit those but can quit the albuterol. His breathing treatments occur every 6 hours at 7 and 1. So right now Will is trucking along and we are hoping not to have another heartrate spike during his breathing treatments. So today we are letting Will rest. Our nerves are shot because you don't want to see your child's heartrate over 200 and we can't stand it when he gets that albuterol. So we are keeping a close eye on him today and not staying too far away but also letting him rest. As far as his weight, he did loose about 10 grams which is okay because he went from having a tube stuck down his throat to no tube at all. So that constitutes for the changes in weight. He weighs 1lb 5oz or 590 grams. But we are still hoping for that weight increase tomorrow.

Happy Valentines Day

I have had the best Valentine's Day ever. I have the sweetest husband and the most precious son I could ever love. With the help of daddy of course, Will gave me the sweetest gift I will cherish forever. His handprint. So precious!!!!!

With the help of a special person in the NICU, Will got his mommy and daddy a Sweet Peppers gift card and a box of chocolates. I think these were meant for his momma because those are my favorite! Already Will has me wrapped around his finger and I'm not letting go. Also, I cannot forget about his sweet daddy too. I got a new pair of Toms shoes and I love them! Thank you honey for loving me and our son unconditionally. We love you so much! Hope everyone has had a great Valentine's Day!

Will got an IV in his head tonight! Not such a sweet gift for him today. His nightly blood gases were good and he is doing well being off the ventilator. Yeah for 12 hours of being off the ventilator and holding steady. More tomorrow on his daily progress!



NICU Day 27

Will gave his momma and daddy a valentines present by coming off the ventilator today. He is doing so good. His blood gases have been good and he should get another one tonight. He has had a few apnea and heartrate drops but nothing to serious. As far as momma and daddys nerves, we are hanging in there. We know God will take care of him and carry him and us through this. His feedings were increased today to 12ml and he weighs 600 grams or 1lb 5oz. Yeah for the 600th mark in weight gain. We are now shooting for the 700 weight gain so that is our next goal for him. Slowly but surely he will get there. So far so good on this Valentines day for Will. I'm so happy to be his momma and I have a special love for my two favorite people that I love more than anything in the world, Doug and Will. Happy Valentines Day!!!!

NICU Day 26

Will had another good night. He had a suppository and had some great poopy diapers for his night nurse. They have weined him down from 17 breathes per minute to 14 breathes per minute. He is getting two doses of steriods today. Dr Nading wants to try him off the ventilator tomorrow. His weight is still the same at 1lb 5oz or 590 grams. He has a chest xray and lab work scheduled for tomorrow. He has another blood gas at 5pm today but had one his morning and his blood gases were great. His feedings have not increased but are still at 11ml. They are doing some blood work tomorrow to check and see if the infection is clear and if it is the antibotics should stop tomorrow. Also, I got to put lotion on his back and he really liked it.

We are so scared again if Dr Nading decides to take him off the ventilator tomorrow. Please pray that all will go well with all the lab work and chest xrays. Also please pray that Will will be able to hold his own while being off his ventilator longer than 48 hours. We are being optimistic and very positive that he will do great. God is in control of our little fighters life.

Philippians 4:6-7
Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

Pictures of Will from this week

I have some beautiful blonde hair

I like to sleep with my foot out like my daddy

Peekaboo! I see you! 

Oh mommy, please don't take my picture again

Uncle Nic and Aunt Kim came to visit me! I LOVE visitors!!

My mommy and daddy's FAVORITE picture! I've been told I look like my daddy!

NICU Day 25

Will had a great night. He is up to 1lb 5oz or 590 grams. He did gain a lot of grams over night but the doctors are cautiously watching it for tonight. He is not supposed to gain that much overnight. He did have a blood transfusion and a medication called lasix. Lasix will make you retain fluid so that could be something that has caused the weight gain. They are beginning to bring him down and wein him back off of the ventilator sometime this week. All blood work has checked out normal. The infection was not in his blood but found on the ventilator tube that was down his throat and attached to his lungs. They are still treating him with antibiotics until probably Tuesday. He is still getting 11 mls of milk. I got to change his diaper for the first time today. He has had a fabulous nurse Cheryll this weekend who has allowed me to be more hands on with him and actually make me feel like his momma. I've enjoyed the weekend with him.

Goodnight

Goodnight. Sleep tight and don't let the bed bugs bite!!  Happy Birthday to my Pappa Smothers!!  I love you!! Love Will!

NICU Day 24 update

Will had a great night and has a great day. Uncle Nic is getting anxious to hear about how he is doing so Uncle Nic rest assured Will is doing great. He gained some weight so he is up to 1lb 3 oz or 540 grams. We are currently undergoing a blood transfusion for a low blood count. Sometimes he is riding the vent and gets lazy and forgets to breathe on his own. Hey it's Saturday he is resting like his momma does on the weekends. We will give him a little break but not too much. Keep praying for little Will.

NICU Day 23

Will had a good night and has a good day so far. He is back to normal feedings at 10 ml and is off the TPN bag for nutrients. They are still treating his infection and he does have a hernia and probably will have to have surgery before he leaves the hospital. Hernias are common in preemie males so this is nothing that we are alarmed about. It may clear up and he may not have to have surgery but we will wait and see. The xray of his lungs are clear today. Dr Nading didn't hear that the pda had come back. So all is well in Will's life today.

Evening NICU Day 22 update

Will had a great afternoon. I stayed with him most of the day and he behaved very well. He had a BIG peepee diaper which Dr. Nading was very pleased with. Never thought I be so excited about that!! He did resume his feedings at 2pm today to 7ml so little buddy got to eat something. He is back on the TPN bag for nutrients again since they discontinued his feedings but he is at a very low dose of it. His ecocardigram came back on the PDA and Dr. Nading's quote was "iffy at worse". So what he means is that the eco showed the PDA was not clear enough to tell if it had come back. So they will do another one later this week. As far as the lung infection, I was wrong. It is a blood infection and antibotics were started this morning to clear that up. The lungs are clear and still doing what they are supposed to.