Sept 25 - Sept 27 Update

Sept 25th
-Colby was doing good today! 
-We visited him around lunch and he had been off his ventillator for 24 hours!!!  Big Boy!
-Right before we went up to see Colby my mother sent me a picture of my new neice!  My sister, Ali, had her baby girl today!  Abrielle was 8 pounds even and 21 inches long. 
-We checked in with Stephanie that night and she told us that he was doing well.  He fussed a little around dinner time until he got fed. :)


Sept 26th
-Colby had lots of visitors today---both Grams and Grandma were off so they stopped by.  He slept right through Mommy and Daddy's visit.
-Nightly check-in with Stephanie and here is the update I got:
---Oxygen: 30%
---Rate of 15 (this is the number of puffs it gives him per minute) The rest he breathes on his own!
   ---They want to work on this getting down to 0
   ---They were going to take his rate down to 10 2 hours before his gases to see how he was doing
---Pressure of 7
   ---They would like to get this closer to 5 if possible
---Still at 24 CCs but they are mixing 24 calorie formula with 30 calorie formula to get 27 calorie


Sept 27th
-Checked in with Elizabeth this morning and Colby was doing good.
   ---3 pounds 3 ounces
   ---Doing well with his feedings and he was having some tummy time

-Daddy and I went up for our lunch time visit and our little man was wearing clothes!!!  LOVED IT!

-Elizabeth asked if wanted to hold him for a few minutes and of course we said "YES!!"

-Called to check in with Debbie tonight and he was doing well.  His rate was down to 5 and she was going to take it to 0 two hours before his gases and see how those came back.  PRAYER--Please pray that his gases continue to be good and that his little body continues to learn how to do all the things that they are starting to work with him on.

-Colby had 1 brady while being with Debbie tonight.  A brady is a drastic drop in his heart rate.  There are two types---an apnea brady is when his heart rate drops because they stop breathing.  The other is when he still breathes but his heart rate drops which is what he did this time.  Ms. Debbie just had to prod him a bit to get that back up.

We want to say thank you for all the continued prayers and thoughts! 

Brie