Thanks!

Thank you again for all the sweet comments and calls. This has trully been a crazy time for us and so unexpected and emotional and just hard. The sweet words of support and encouragment really do make a difference. Thanks for all the prayers too. We know that is what is getting Hunter better. We have been blessed with such great friends and family. Thanks for all you do! Thank you, thank you!!!

Latest Update

Since the last update, Hunter has gained more weight. He's up to 4.10!! He's doing well eating from a bottle, basically chows down and doesn't pace himself too well. We are working on nursing still. He's getting better, but gets so tired and he's just so little!! He also had a blood transfusion because his red blood cells were low (he was anemic) and also his hemoglobins and other things. They did the transfusion also hoping that would help him get off the oxygen. He has improved with that, but is still on it. The transfusion helped the other things though. They have switched him to home oxygen which he couldn't handle before the transfusion and is now tolerating. They think that maybe he will come home on it. :( SCARY!!! Anyways for now, here are more pictures. He is still tiny, but getting big to us! He's adorable and opening his eyes more and more. He's a good baby and doesn't cry too much, just when he's hungary. Even then he is very patient. We are so in love!!! (The most recent pics are on top, then decend to older ones.)

Ups and Downs

So, a few days ago, Hunter was doing good and they took out his PIC line, his feedings were at 35 cc's (30 cc's is an ounce), but still through a tube, and his oxygen was down to 21%. I bathed him for the first time and then left at 10pm. Then starting at midnight, he started having "episodes" where his heartrate and oxygen dropped 7 different times throughout the night. His heartrate should be at 180, his was dropping to 60. His oxygen needs to be at 80, it was dropping to 40. So, the had to prick him for blood to do labs and start IV's again. SO SAD!!!! They had just taken everything out, and then he had to be pricked lots all over again! Anyways, he has had an infection and they started antibiotics. They had to take him off his feedings and up the oxygen. He also lost a little weight. Really sad, we were bummed that he was going to have to start over again. However, he has rallied!! :) It only took him a few days and he is doing much better! Here is the current update as of today (which many of you know, this could all change by the time you read it-for good or bad). While I was in with him today, his nurse switched him into an open crib!!!! Yesterday they turned off the heat in his incubator to see if he could keep himself warm, therefore not losing any weight. He is doing okay, so they moved him over and keep him bundled! He is also up to 30 cc's feeding and his oxygen is at 25%. He is up to 4 pounds 6 ounces!!!!!! He is now one of the bigger ones in the NICU! Who'd of thought that 4 pounds would be big?! He also has all of his IV's out again, so hopefully, no more pricks. They are trying to get him to take a bottle, but he seems to not want to work for his food! And really why would you if you can just lay there and have it without doing anything?! :) Anyways, I'm nervous though that if he doesn't want to work at a bottle, he'll never want to nurse since that's harder! :) We'll see... Anyways, so as of today, he's doing better!! Thanks again for all the sweet comments and prayers and calls and everything! It helps us so much!! Thanks!!!