Update

I thought I would update you all on how little Johnny is doing. I cannot believe all the progress he has made in one week! He's doing incredibly well, a million times better than anyone expected him to. He's still breathing on his own (no oxygen), his heart is functioning well, he has a feeding tube but he's tolerating his feedings well (no spitting up, choking or digestive issues) and the best news of all (well, to me) is that he nursed for 5 min. TWICE! Wahoo! Hopefully we can get him going longer and get rid of that lame feeding tube!

The one thing they're concerned about is that his red blood cell count is a little bit low. He isn't having any of the signs of stress because of it (usually the baby's heart rate will go up or they'll have trouble breathing) so they are giving him iron and folic acid to try and get the count up. He's having eye surgery on Monday so if the count hasn't gone up by Sunday then they'll have to do a blood transfusion. Let's pray it goes up.

Every nurse that has cared for Johnny has described him as "feisty." He definitely knows what he wants and when he wants it and he gets frustrated easily. And if you do something he doesn't like then watch out! He has been known to hold grudges against nurses for pulling tape off of his skin! :) He has squeaky little "baby kitten" cries but they are LOUD. You can hear him even through his incubator. We sure love him.