Merry Christmas!
Time for an update! We've had quite a lot of changes. First of all, Rory unfortunately got an infection. He was being treated with antibiotics, but the infection didn't completely clear up, and some of it settled in part of his heart. Because of that, he was moved to an even better hospital a few days before Christmas, so he can get the best possible care.
To be honest it was very hard to hear the news about the infection in his heart. But I'm really grateful for our family who were there to help up and give us love and support. So many people love him and are praying and thinking about him.
We got to ride in an ambulance for the big move. (We almost got a helicopter, but they had an emergency call! Bummer. But it's for the best, because James and I would've had to fight to the death over who got to ride.)
Here they are loading him in. If you look really closely you can see him in that box. All this equipment and a medical team just for one tiny baby!!! It really blows my mind how much technology exists and how good it is. I'm really grateful to know that he's in the care of such experienced and competent medical staff and has access to everything that he could possibly need to get better.
Right now Rory is stable and seems pretty happy most of the time. We're just waiting for the infection to go away. In the meantime he's getting bigger and stronger! He's a little fighter.
A few other updates on Rory:
- Right now he weighs about 4 pounds! Wooo!
- He has graduated from micro-preemie diapers to regular preemie diapers! (LOL)
- He is now on a conventional ventilator (as opposed to an oscillating ventilator) which means we can hold him! Hooray!
- He is being fed about 27 mL of milk every 3 hours!
- He's starting to be able to maintain his body temperature all by himself. Yay!
- Almost 7 weeks old. Way to go, little buddy! :)
By the time he fits in all his adorable "1st Christmas" clothes, it'll be his 2nd Christmas......
Happy New Year :)
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