Day 21



Sleepy little fellow

Hayden is doing great again today!! He had a repeat X-ray on his stomach to see if he was still having infection problems and it came back great! It was absolutely normal, no infection. He also hasn't had any more tummy problems today. So hopefully after they do one more panel of blood work and one more X-ray tomorrow morning they will start his feedings again. Its starting to look like it was just the formula that upset his tummy but they want to make 100% sure. He is still on his IV but you can tell that he knows his tummy is empty. He keeps sucking and rooting for food and he can't relax unless he has his pacifier to calm him down. He was wide awake when I went to see him today and he was very very curious about what was going on around him. He can control his eyes much better now and he can follow faces and see light more now also. We have also found out that he has lots and lots of facial expressions! He is a very expressive baby and makes it clear when he likes something and when he doesn't; have also found out that he can wiggle his ears just like Tim. He also likes to smile and seems like a very happy baby. He is also doing much better with his breathing and seems to be having less and less episodes and less and less need of high oxygen concentration. I think he is on room air now and he is still getting 20 breaths per minute. He weighed the same as he did yesterday. Overall, he seems to be active and feeling pretty good so that is a good sign that hopefully there will be no infection develop and tomorrow's X-ray will be great. Keep him in your prayers that he will get past this other little bump in the road and that he can get back to eating and putting on weight. We hope he can keep making good progress so that he can come home to us by his due date. We appreciate you all so much and all the love and support!
Tim, Hilary, and Hayden