Week 2

He (we) are going on our 2nd week here at the NICU

Updates change daily but as of this morning, some new changes are :

• He may be home before the weekend!!
• The temperature in his isolette is down to 27.5*C - it needs to be at 27*C and then they can take him out in a crib for 48 hours.  If he maintains a high temperature he will get discharged after this.  I came to NICU today and they put a crib by his bed in preparation for taking him out!  They also will put 2 layers of clothing/blankets on him and slowly remove one extra item to see if he tolerates the room temperature without them.
• He has passed his birth weight of 5 lbs.  He is 5 lbs and some grams.
• His bili levels have not risen above his allowed level (I think it is 12, he is around 9.1)
• He has been feeding well.  I supplement him every feeding to make sure he gets around 40+ mL.  I do not supplement him with formula but I believe they do at night when I am not here to provide extra for this.

 His eyes are still grey but he opens them every morning for quite a while.  He's always wide awake at 7:30 am when I get there!  He gets pretty sleepy the rest of the day because I am constantly feeding him.

Here are some photos from when my parents visited on Sunday

I also purchased us a VERY belated anniversary dinner groupon to a restaraunt in Novi called No. VI 
It will be nice to go have a good dinner later on after we've been home for a while...I'm sure I can talk my mom into coming to watch him while we go?   : )