Mar 22 part 2

so touched!

so today when David and I arrived at the hospital we noticed a card taped to the chair next to Edwards Iceolet. it said to My mommy and Daddy. when we opened it it said thank you for taking caring for me and being there for me and there was a 25 dollar gift card to applebees and under that it said P.s. Nurse Donna said you like applebees! It was so sweet! we love Donna and she is so sweet! she is Edwards favorite Night nurse! he always does better when she has him and I think that is because she is his primary and has him every week so he recognizes her :) so in other news they are taking him off his diarrectic because his sodium was low. they also are putting him in bigger diapers because the other ones were irritating his hernia (they are so huge they swallow him whole!) they are also upping his feeds they upped it to 11 cc's every 2 hours and if he does well @ 9 they will up it to 12 cc's every 2 hours! and the biggest news is last night he was 1 pound 15 and 1/2 ounces so tonight when they weigh him @ 9 he should be 2 pounds! so exciting! he is almost a kilo! well that's about it except that his 1st neighbor went home today so now he is the oldest baby in his little area! I will add pictures when I get back tonight!

love,
Misty

Dad's Turn

Mom has been nice and has updated two nights in a row now, but now it is back to my turn. Not a whole lot to report on. Edward had a pretty good day, they drew some more labs today just to keep watching the issues with his thyroid. I think I my have already mentioned it but we are now getting to hold Edward everyday which is really enjoyable. Well that is pretty much everything. So thank you all again for all of your thoughts and prayers.

David

first day of spring!

hello all and happy first day of spring! also Edward says happy birthday to Grandpa Edwards! well today was a pretty good day Edward desated a little more than yesterday but not as much as he normally does. They also drew some labs last night and found out he has a problem with his thyroid so now he is on medicine and they say he will have to be on it until he is three years old. other than that nothing else is really new today. well i gonna get some sleep good night all!
~Misty
hi!
burrito
woah!

photos as promised!

oooh a finger
just me and mom!
true love
wide awake!
hello!

great day

so today was a pretty great day. I started out the day with a massage here at the Ronald McDonald house. then we went to the hospital and I got to do Edwards physical therapy and I learned how to turn him by myself. He had a really great day with his desating and he even had one set of cares where they didn't need to suction his tube! I also got to hold him for 45 min. and he sated high the whole time. so overall it was a pretty great day. well I have to cut it short tonight because its late and I'm exhausted but I will post some pictures in the morning. good night all!
~Misty

Daddy gets to hold Edward

Well hello all, Dad here. Well today was a good day for me, I was hold my little guy. Due the amount of times that they were letting us hold him, I was letting mommy hold him when ever we were able to hold him. Well they are now wanting us to hold him everyday, so today I held him. It is an unreal feeling the first time you ever hold you child. It is just so amazing how tiny he is. It is also really cool how he just kind of molds to you body when you hold him.

In other news, we were hoping that he would make it to 2 lb. tonight, but I guess he had a little more water weight then they wanting. So they gave him something to help him lose a little water weight, and now he has 3 oz to go till he is at 2lb. Misty and I also made a trip home today which went really well. We were able to see our little puppy and take care of some paper work that need to be finished. Well I think that about it. I'm uploading a few photos from tonight for your enjoyment.

David