The Day After

Hi everybody, we just got back from seeing Thomas (and picking up semi-healthy seafood from Big Shucks. Its still healthy on the inside even if its breaded and fried, right? ). Thomas is doing extremely well. As you can see from the video above, he's opening his eyes and moving around a bit. Everyone is very pleased with things thus far. His guardian angel is very dilligent. From the start of this pregnancy we've been fortunate several times to find out things and identify issues and get care when it was needed. So for now, thumbs are up and outlook is positive.

I think our next big hope is that he heals from surgery without any complications and that his lungs start to get stronger (which was the goal of the PDA procedure). He will be on the respirator for a while, but other than continued stability, it would be a great bonus to move forward in this area. They are also looking to put some weight on him now, with a goal of 3 pounds, which sounds crazy big, but he's already at 1 pound, 3 ounces. He's being fed intraveneously proteins and electrolytes (basically they've got him training for a triathlon). In a couple weeks, they will start to introduce milk to see if he can handle it.

That's about it. I've added some more videos on youtube. I will leave you with a quote from an unidentified mom. "You know how alot of moms will think their baby is cute even if they really aren't. I'm just glad my baby really is cute."