Good Day

Today Noah had one of his better days.  His apnea episodes seemed to slow down, he had way less than he has been having.  We hope this is a new trend!  Also, he had an ultrasound of his head and  it was perfectly normal; he was at high risk for brain bleeds, as all preemies are, so another hurdle down!! After restarting his feedings yesterday he seems to be handling them much better this time, so hopefully they will be able to continue feeding him breast milk.  Daddy has to go back to work tomorrow :( So we have been trying to take advantage of the time we had and visited Noah as much as possible.

Also, on our way home tonight from visiting Noah, Wyatt got to take a quick trip to the driving range for being such a good boy this week! He hit the ball great... 20 yards IN THE AIR!!!

Noah tucked in super comfy for his nap.

One week old!!!

Noah is one week old today!!! yay!!!  He is up to 600 grams (520g at birth).  Still breathing on his own, although they have raised the amount of air the CPAP machine is blowing to help keep his airway open.  He is still having apnea episodes, but they are not as dramatic and he recovers well from them.  Also, they reintroduced feedings today, his stomach was not handling it well before.  He still gets all the nurtrition he needs through IV.  Hopefully his tummy is better able to handle it this time. Oh....big news...he pooped! haha. This is a good sign because it means things in his stomach are moving.  In preemies this early, the stomach is one of the biggest issues, so right now thats his biggest hurdle.  He seemed in high spirits today after his blood transfusion.  His wall is starting to look pretty, Aunt Kimmy dropped of a sign she made for him today.  While Wyatt went to the Railroad Park today with Grandpa, Mommy got to hold Noah for the second time....tomorrow is Daddy's turn!

That's all for now...well update again soon!
                                                                          

                                                                                  

What happened?

Baby Noah made his appearance 3 months early.   So... how did that happen?  To mak a long story (fairly) short....We found out at our 18 week appointment that he was a boy, but also that he was starting to measure small.  We were sent to specialists and had ultrasound and some other testing done as well.  Basically they didn't know why he was continually measuring small but kind of chalked it up to the placenta not working correctly and giving him what he needed.  Chrystle was monitored very closely and at 27 weeks there were beginning signs of pre-ecclampsia and she was hospitalized, most likely until Noah would be born.  While there ultrasounds revealed that Noah had basically stopped growing and it was decided he would be better off outside and he was delivered at 28 weeks exactly.

Noah was born on March 23, 2010  at 11:48 AM weighing 1 lb 2oz and 11 1/2 inches long.  He was able to breathe on his own and is only on a CPAP machine that blows air, but he is doing all the work.  For such a little guy he is doing really, really well.  Wyatt is excited to be a big brother and doesn't even seem to notice Noah's size as "not normal".

We will continue to post updates on Noah's progress, thanks to everyone for all the prayers and well wishes!!