A Little Better Every Day

Today was another "better" day. Nick had a few episodes last night, but hasn't had any today, as of 6pm. He is tolerating everything well so far. They did have to start giving him a little insulin due to his elevated sugar levels. This is common since his levels were already a little high, and the steroid they are giving him makes his sugar a little more elevated. Other than that, there isn't much of a change. We will start looking for some improvement in a few weeks from the steroids. We are hoping that he will be able to come off the vent in a few weeks.

They weighed him last night, and he is up to 1lb 10.8 ounces. He went down from the other day a little, but that was to be expected. The other night when they weighed him, they had just given him a blood transfusion, so that is why he was 1lb 11 ounces earlier, now his weight is a little lower. His weight last night is a better indicator of what he really weighs. They do a weight every other day.

He is still doing well with his food. He is getting 1.8cc's of food per hour today, and they will go up to 2.1 cc's tomorrow. He is handling that well, and that continues to be the best thing for him.

You may have noticed, on the side bar next to this blog, I added a button from March of Dimes. If you have a moment, add your name to the petition. Basically, it is asking congress to provide more money and research to prevent premature births. It would be wonderful if they could figure out ways to prevent this from happening to other parents and children. So, if you have a moment, add your name to the petition. Thanks.

So, we are now trying to figure out if Nick just wanted to be here to check out the snow... in southeast Texas... in early December. We couldn't believe our eyes last night when we saw the snow. We really couldn't believe it when it stuck to the ground. Living here all my life, I have seen snow here 3 times. We will definitely be telling Nick about this later. For now, I will leave you guys with a few snow pictures from our house.