Sept 5th Update

Before I get started I wanted to mention again another NICU family---The Green's---that we are following along with.  You can check out their Facebook page "Caring for Cara Green" to see this miracle that God has given this family.  Cara was born at 29 weeks and was due the day before Colby.  She weighed 1 pound at birth but is already breathing on her own!!!!  WOW!!!  PRAISE!!!  To hear her cry is the sweetest thing!  PRAYER---I am asking that everyone also say a prayer for Cara today---The Green's found out after Cara had her head ultrasound that she has a level 4 bleed.  Please pray for this to bleed to be absorbed and not have any lasting affects on this sweet girl.  Thank you so much!!!!


AM Update
Jason checked in with Wendy Wednesday morning and here are the highlights:
-Colby weighs 2 pounds 9 ounces
-44 rate (This means the machine breaths for him 44 times in a minute)
-65% oxygen
-He is still doing good on his feedings

Noon-time Visit
-When we went in, Colby was getting his eye drops for Dr. Parma's (his eye doctor) visit
----This did not make him very happy at all!!!!  :)  PRAYER---Please pray that the doctor continues to see Colby's eyes growing the way they are supposed to.

-Colby was on his back when we got there and his SATs were doing ok

-He was tolerating his feeding still and we are now at full feedings.  This means he is no longer getting Lipids and TPN in his IV---he is just getting the nutrients from the formula and seems to be doing well with this!!! PRAISE!!!!!

-He was still tee-teeing well

-Wendy was going to give him some tummy time as soon as Dr. Parma made his rounds and visited with Colby.

-Colby isn't looking swollen anywhere so it looks like that 2 pounds 9 ounces might actually be him!  He is getting so big!

Evening Update
I called to check on him last night and his nurse said he was being a really sweet boy!
-70% oxygen
-40 rate
-His blood gases were looking good so she was going to ween him a little bit more from those numbers
-Still doing well with his formula feeding!!!  PRAISE!!!  This is what will help him keep growing and getting stronger!  PRAYER--that this keeps doing well for him.
-There weren't any notes in his book from Dr. Parma.  the nurse said they usually only call/leave notes if something isn't going the way they want it to.  So---no news is good news for now.

Very proud of my little man!

Brie