I have to appologize for being naughty and not posting this week. We are spending our spare moments cleaning closets and getting the house ready to bring Noah home. We have a construction crew coming the first of April to put in new windows and things (Special thanks to the airport) and we want to paint the living area before they get here. We have our fingers crossed that they will be done before Noah comes home, if not the tiny man and I will stay with Michael's parents for a few days.
Noah is trying his best to grow and he is now off the breathing machine. This is the middle of day 5 for him on just a nasal canula. He has done very well so far and we are hopeful that he will not have to go back to either of the breathing machine methods. He has grown well this week and is 3 lbs. 12 oz. more accurately he is 1712 grams. He was crib weight at 1600 grams so if he continues to breath well he will be in a crib by the end of the week. The issolette he is in currently is due to be changed on Wednesday (every two weeks), I am guessing he may get a regular crib then.
Mondays are blood draw days, this means they test all the babies in NICU to make sure they have enough cells. Noah's were down a little so he got his third transfussion today. It was given like the last one, half in the am and the other half 12 hour later. I think the renewed energy will do him good as he gets to the point where breathing completely on his own might start to get tiring for him.
We finally have some photos of his cute little face without so many tubes in the way. These were taken on Sunday. He is wearing clothes now, his own from home! :)
Happy ST. Patrick's Day....
Jennifer
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