Good morning friends and family. Ryan was just in for morning rounds with the d0ctors and our boy. Later today we will be at the lowest dose of hydrocortisone, so the weaning process will be done. Dr. Irene wants him here for 24 hours on that dose to make sure his blood glucose and blood pressure remain steady before we go home. There is mild concern over his weight loss, but Dr. Bada (NICU attending doc) seems confident that he will thrive and gain weight at home in time.
We will see the physical therapist again today (in a few minutes), and get some updated feedback from her. Later today we will also see the geneticist who has been looking at Athan for a few days. They repeated his ECHO yesterday so cardiology will have up-to-date info for our 6-week follow-up appointment.
We had a good time together this morning while Athan was nursing. He is such a sweet boy! (Ryan says I need to find more boy-ish adjectives - so... He's such a champ!) When he does that little newborn grin thing, his ears go up, too (like his Papaw Dennis). So very cute! :)
I mean "handsome."
Kay and Mokey came by to pray with us this morning. They faithfully delivered all the love and hugs you sent with them from Texas. Thanks to them and all of you who are 1000 miles away, and still very near.
3 comments:
Amber,
Oklahoma Lane church are all praying for you guys! Your G-aunt Avis and G-uncle Harold send their love and prayers--I am trying to keep them updated on Athan. By the way, my boys are in their 30's but I still think of them as "cute" and "sweet"! It's a mama-thing!
We love you guys!
Hey guys!! Wow reading your blog brings tears to my eyes. All the terms are all too familiar and you now have a vocabulary most pray they never will...but how incredible to see how God is working. We are going on our 6 year anniversary (Kyra will be 6 on 6/17) of our 6 weeks in NICU. So now we are praying with GREAT intensity and familiarity! Rejoice in the little accomplishments .. like weaning off medication! Love you- The Chesser Family
needs to gain some weight huh...? I think I can take care of that for you.
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