Upward Trend

After a wild and wooly weekend, we are happy to report Sam is doing much better this week. He turned the corner on Tuesday. I think. The days are all a blur. Anyway, he's much more stable and has been weaned down on the ventilator quite a bit. We expect he'll be off it and back on the CPAP next week. He's gotten rid of the fluid that had him puffy and looking like E.T. He looks like his adorable self again. Doc thinks the fluid in in his lungs is drying out a bit too.

A 2nd ultrasound of Sam's head this week showed no signs of a brain bleed, so looks like he's out of the woods on that front. One less thing to worry about.Yay!

Feedings of Mommy's milk were discontinued, but were started up again a couple of days ago. So far, he seems to be tolerating it well. He's been pooping and farting like a champ. While we may curse this when he's a grown boy, its a great sign for now that his digestive tract is moving stuff along. Last night's attempted diaper change was a hoot. He was wet and fussy. As soon as I got the wet diaper out from under and the clean one in place, he started to poop. I wiped his butt and was ready to slather his bottom with Aquaphor. He pooped again. Seriously?? Got him all cleaned up and another diaper in place. Guess what?? HE POOPED! Gaaaaahhh! Jr. is going to make sure I have this diaper change thing down! The next attempt was successful. Geez!

Samuel received members of his fan club late this week. Nanny (Gramma Foster), Auntie Maggie and Auntie Cynthia popped in for a quick look see. They all agree he is just precious and I must agree :)

A special thanks to Uncle Bruce and Aunt Sophia. They are storing all our milk in their brand new freezer in their garage. It's insane how quickly ours filled up. Bruce came by with a cooler, packed it up and off he went. We now refer to him as Uncle Milk Man.

Also, a big thanks to my Communications posse for the bouquet we received yesterday. Flowers? Oh no. It was a bouquet of COOKIES!! It was waiting for us when we arrived home around 11pm last night. After a late dinner, we scarfed a couple of them down. Delicious.

Jr. is going to be a well dressed little dude thanks to Jon & Mikhaela, Tammara and Bree. They all sent/delivered tiny little man sized threads this week. I think a photo shoot with a few wardrobe changes is in order when Sam comes home.

It's been such a relief to see Sam looking so comfortable and not in distress this week. Hopefully, this is the beginning of an upward trend. Keep up the good work, honey!