One Week Old

I want to start out by saying that anyone who knows Dave and I well, know that we never ask for anything. Alice, my mother-in-law said that we should post this part because many of you are asking what you can do for us. So here it is... Dave and Dianna asking.... if you feel you want to do something to make things easier for us, this is what we need. Prepared meals that we can heat and eat since we are rarely home before 7:30-8:00pm in the evenings. Gas cards if you are really feeling generous as this gets expensive driving to and from Farmington every day. There you have it. Thank you to all who have been helping since the beginning, and in advance to those of you who wish to help. We can't thank mom and dad enough for everything they have done for us since Joshua was born!

Oh and for those of you who are wondering.. we are going to have a shower, sometime in April. Details to follow.

Josh is one week old today. He is doing better. He didn't have as many A/B episodes as yesterday but he is still having a few. His glucose levels finally went down at about 4 am. His ABG's are still good so they are keeping him on the CPAP. If he continues to have the episodes, they will vent him again.

Sue, his primary nurse was back today. He has an indirect inguinal hernia, which is common in preemies,and he will have to have that operated on sometime before he comes home. He is getting a lot of air in his belly from the CPAP. He has some bad bruising on his belly from the removal of the umbilical line, and his skin is sensitive to the monitors, so he is getting some skin tears on his abdomen from those. All of this is pretty much expected.

We got to start K-Care today.. YAY! I got to hold him for about 45 minutes. He did really well and didn't have any A/B episodes the whole time. His temp did drop a little bit, so they put him back a little early but it was great.

We got some pictures of him without his CPAP gear. They don't look so great but I'll share anyway. Everything that is put on him makes marks and of course his head is still soft so it gets misshapen. The yellow on his cheeks is an adhesive to protect his skin from the CPAP.