Wednesday (January 11)

Happy one month birthday to our baby boy Silas!  He had a good birthday and hung out with his mama for the day.  I held him for awhile and we chatted off and on throughout the day.  He likes to cuddle.  Today they lowered the settings on the ventilator which means he is doing more of the work himself.  He had an ultrasound of his head to check for brain bleeds.  They do this on all preemies his size at age one week, and at age one month, and then maybe a few more times before they go home.  On the one he had done at age one week, it showed a few enlarged ventricles but no brain bleeds.  On the one he had today, it showed that the ventricles were not enlarged any more and that there were no brain bleeds.  That made me very happy.  Typically, most babies who have a brain bleed, have it in their first week of life. 

Silas on his one month birthday!

The other thing that the doctor told me today is that Silas has a hernia.  Again, they said that almost every single little boy who is born as early as he was has this happen.  His intestines are sliding down into his scrotum.  He is so going to hate me for telling you all this one day.  It is a large hernia and it will have to be surgically fixed.  They will most likely do this right before he goes home (which will probably be in March).  They said that it is a common surgery and most likely he won't have to be put under.  They will probably use a type of pain blocker that will make him numb from the waist down.  They will probably do his circumcision on the same day.  They made it sound like it was no big deal of course!  Because they make everything sound like that.  Which is a good thing I guess but when it is your son it seems like a pretty big deal.

I came home tonight and beat the weather winter here.  Maleah is hoping and praying for a snow day tomorrow.  I think she will probably be disappointed.  Carissa is still not walking right on her leg and complained about it a couple of times today.  What to do?  What to do?  Take her back to the doctor or let it go? 

Well, I am exhausted and headed to bed.  Good night!