Days 36-37

I know, we missed another day with the blog! Sorry about that guys but it is because my laptop is out of service and the only internet we can use is at the hospital....when someone else isn't using it (which of course they were last night when we needed to post about Hayden). So today I have to report for two days.

Yesterday he did really really well and he only had one breathing event in the early morning. He was still in room air all day long and he was being pretty stable with his oxygen levels as well. He is also still at 2 and a half cylinders but they were talking about maybe taking him back down to 2 if he continued to do well in the next couple days. He also was eating about 7 mls. per hour of continuous feedings (which equals about 21 mls. for a normal 3 hour feeding). He also had lots of poopies yesterday all by himself which was also really good. Yesterday he weighed 2 lbs. and 10 ozs. YAY!! Getting so big!

Today he also had a really really good day. He only had one little event this morning and has had none since then. He seems to be getting in the habit of being a once a day misbehaver. He has also been on room air all day today as well and he is still on 2 and a half cylinders. His feedings have been increased though and now he is eating 22 and a half mls. per every three hours. Also today he weighs 2 lbs. and 12 ozs!!!! We are so proud of his great weight gain this week! He has done sooo good! We are just waiting for him to hit his big 3 lb. milestone and they are telling us that it probably won't be long now.

Tomorrow he has his first eye exam to check and see how well his eyes are progressing so please pray that it will go well and that he will have normal development. Also, they said that hopefully next week he can start trying to take a bottle. They want him to try to get the hang of the bottle first before he tries to breastfeed because they said that can be a little more difficult for preemies. So please just pray for his continued development and pray for him to keep on growing! We love you!!!

Tim, Hilary, and Hayden