Sunday, January 1, 2012 Happy New Year!

Happy New Year everyone! 

Silas had a great night last night.  He didn't have any episodes where he forgets to take a breath.  They call these episodes the a's and b's.  A for apnea and B for bradycardia.  He sometimes forgets to breathe and then his heart rate drops for a second.  It is because the part of his brain that controls breathing is immature.  He will grow out of it.  In the meantime, it is scary for me but completely normal for a 25 weeker.  The nurses and doctors are not phased at all by it.  Anyway, so he was breathing good last night and digested all of his food.  The nurse bathed him and washed his hair and then changed his sheets.  After that he was all tucked into his bed and was sleeping really good when I called.  He also gained weight and was at 2 pounds 2 ounces when she weighed him at bathtime. 

He turned three weeks old today.  Today when I talked to the nurse, he wasn't having that awesome of a day.  He had several episodes of a's and b's today so they started giving him a little bit more air on the cpap machine.  I am thankful that they didn't have to put the ventilator back in.  They also had to take out his pic line (the main iv line that was in his arm) because it had a little bit of drainage around it.  They do not want it to get infected so that came out and a regular type of iv was put into his hand.  Please pray that he does not get an infection of any kind.  He also wasn't digesting that well today either.  Most of the food that they have given him just sits in his stomach and isn't going all the way through.  The doctors say that is very typical because his digestive system is still so immature.  They say he will grow out of that too. 

I called again this evening and he had had only one episode of a's and b's since they increased his air flow.  That is much better.  Hopefully tomorrow he will start digesting some more of the breast milk and gain some more weight. 

Thanks for the prayers and keep them coming!  I am amazed at how many states are represented in the prayer chains for Silas and our family.  It really leaves me speechless...