Day 44-45

OK so I did it again, I missed another day. But I think that it will be all worth it in the end cause we have some great news.

But first lets start with some not as great news. Hayden over the last two days has putting on the pounds. He put on up to 3 lbs. and 2 oz. which he just lost today, I guess he just saves it all in his tiny little stomach and lets it all out at once. So he is now down to 3 lbs. even :-(. My Father stated last night that he had eaten meals bigger then Hayden, and I have to say that goes for me too. lol
       Anyways the nurses have let the grandparents hold Hayden "cause he is doing so well" And they all seemed to love it.

Now to the news you've all been waiting for Mr. Hayden.............................................
is now............................................
OFF ALL HIS OXYGEN
And he is breathing all on his own, and he is doing amazing with it. Now we can't tell him that its gone cause if he knew that then he might get scared.

Thanks everyone for all your prayers and support. Hopefully we will have our little baby boy home with us soon.

We love you all. Tim Hilary and Hayden

I'm sorry we have no pictures for you I am trying to find my memory card reader and I will try to get them up as soon as I can.

Day 43

Well well well Hayden has done it again. Not only has he been bumped down from 2 liter to 1 liter on his oxygen ( on which he is doing very well ). But he has hit the magical 3 lbs 1 oz. mark, this baby is growing like there is no tomorrow. They are hoping that in the next week or two he will be off all his oxygen. We can't wait to see what happens next to our little baby boy. So now we have finally made it to 1 lb. gained since he has been born 6 weeks and 1 day ago. It has been uphill both ways for Hayden but he has shown us all that he can make it through anything that life throws at him.

Pray that he continues to do well and that he can get off all his machines and come home soon. And most of all pray that God will be glorified through the whole thing. Thanks for all your continued prayers. We don't have new pictures tonight but we will try to get some more tomorrow.

Tim, Hilary, and Hayden

Day 42

So today Hayden is officially 6 weeks old! He has come so far and grown so well! We are so proud of how good he is doing and how strong he is. Don't have much to update you all on tonight, everything is still pretty much the same as it was yesterday.

He is still on his 2 liters of oxygen (and thank the Lord he has been doing very well on it, no events at all since then and we are praying it will stay that way). He also is still on his continuous feedings although they did increase them slightly again today. He is eating almost 25 mls. every three hours now (which is just a little short of an ounce). He is still getting his extra calories to help him beef up a little. Other than that, he is doing pretty much the same. He also didn't gain any weight from yesterday. He still weighs 2 lbs. and 15 oz. One more ounce to go till he crosses the three pound mark!!!

Also, today was great because I got to try letting him suckle a little bit. He is just playing around and getting used to it now but the nurses have told me that its really good for him because it will help make it a little easier for him when it comes time to actually breast and bottle feed. He did really well with it (in my opinion of course hehe) and he seems to really love his pacifier. All of which are good signs that he is getting closer to being able to bottle feed.

Also got some great pictures of my parents holding Hayden for the first time! I got some great pictures of them here on the blog tonight. Timothy's parents will be coming to hold him Thursday for the first time too so it seems this week Hayden will be introduced to both sets of his grandparents! More pictures of this encounter to come on Thurday. Thanks everyone for your prayers and for all your support. You all have been great and we love you very much!

Tim, Hilary, and Hayden

Day 41

YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I am so happy for once we posted two post in a row without missing a day. Aren't you so proud of me?
Anyways Baby Hayden is doing so well that this is going to be the shortest blog post ever. He is still on room air at 2 liters per min. by his little nasal cannula, and doing amazing He hasn't had an event for at least 3 days. He is tolerating his feeding very well, He is getting 8 liters of milk every hour and its going all the time. He has lost about an ounce in the last two days but that just means his body is digesting it well. He loves to be held, when I get to hold him He is very active and with Hilary He is so relaxed he just sleeps, But as soon as she puts him back He is wide awake.

Thanks for all the prayers keep them coming.

Tim Hilary and Hayden

Day 40

They had to tape the oxygen tubing to his nose because he was
pulling it out so much!!!

So today Hayden is doing very well! I was told last night that he accomplished quite a feat yesterday....HE FLIPPED FROM HIS BACK TO HIS STOMACH ALL BY HIMSELF!! I was told that one of the nurses went to check on him because his heart monitor had slipped off a little bit and when she went to check on him, he had turned over all by himself. He is such a squirmy baby and a mover! We are so proud of him and he is such a smart baby. Another feat he accomplished last night during the night (that I found out about this morning) was that he managed to get the adjustable part of the nasal cannula (the part that's on the back of his head) into his mouth and was chewing on it! He has such a personality and all the nurses are telling me that I should have named him Houdini instead of Hayden.

To give you an update of how he is doing physically, he is now back down to 2 liters of oxygen and he is still staying on room air. He has not had any events since yesterday morning, so he has made it over 24 hours without having an event! YAY! He has also been increased up to 8 mls. of food every hour. He is still on his continuous feedings but we are hoping soon that he can come off of those and back to being fed every three hours. They have also told me that on Wednesday (when he turns 32 weeks) we can try and experiment with a bottle and see what he does with it. He may not take it but we can at least see how he responds to it. They have also told me that by 34 weeks he should be taking it much more readily and easily. He is also getting an extra 27 calories per feeding to help boost his weight gain. He also is still at the same weight as yesterday, no weight gain today.

We are so proud of him and how he is doing so well! Also as a treat for you blog followers, I have brand new pictures of him and (if I can get it to work) a video of his gymnastics lol. We love you and thank you for all of your prayers!

Tim, Hilary, and Hayden

Day 38-39

So once again we have skipped a day and for that I am very sorry. We are still trying to get Hilary's computer fixed and haven't had time to post. so i am doing it from work. So baby Hayden is doing well he has gained up to 2 lbs and 14 oz. they just took him down to 2 Lt. of oxygen instead of 2 1/2 his nurse said he is doing well with it. he has had no events today. He has also been bumped his feeding up to 7.9 mls. per hour still on continuous feed. He has started trying to escape from his isolate with no success which makes him try even harder. He had his eye exam and they said the his eyes are developing just how they wanted them to. there are three stages of eye development he is at stage 1 which is fine. They are going to do a follow up in two weeks to make sure they are still going in the right direction.

Thanks to all for keeping him in your prayers.

We will try to post everyday from here on out, but please know if we cant post we will fully update you asap.

Thanks Tim, Hilary and Hayden

I was just thinking of where Hayden has come from, so I am going to post a couple pictures so you can compare them. "LOOK HOW MUCH BIGGER HE IS"

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