Tuesday, November 17, 2009

One week old


Lincoln actually turned one week old yesterday evening at 6:o5, but I wanted to give an update of how he's been doing lately.

Please forgive the quality of the pictures :) The nurses actually took them, bless their hearts, but for some reason when I try to scan them in color they become EXTRA grainy.

So, the first picture is of him next to a dollar bill. Poor child, look at him hooked up to all that stuff! The second is obviously just a close up....look at those lips!!

Now, for his condition. He's made LOTS of progress in the last couple of days. He no longer has an infection and is off his antibiotics. He has had two full good days along with two full good nights (this is big for little Linc). They are getting ready to take him off the ventilator and possibly put him on the C-PAP...also another big step. They found out that his brain bleed is considered a grade 1 instead of a grade 3...HUGE news. Today they fed him my milk for the first time and his body is tolerating it very well!

Thanks again to everyone for all your prayers!! He has come a long way this last week. We hope to see many more improvements from here on out. There's bound to be bumps in the road and we're expecting them....I don't know how prepared we can ever be.

5 comments:

  1. I am so glad to hear about his positive progress! Getting to the feeding stage is huge! Your family and little Lincoln are in our prayers everyday. May our loving Heavenly Father watch over your precious baby. Best wishes and lots of hugs!

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  2. Thats my boy, Your nick name is Lucky Lincoln keep up the good work...................

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  3. Good to see he's doing so well! Megan B shared your blog with me. We met her and Crew up at Primary Children's last February and our little girl was between there and UVRMC for 4 months. The NICU run is a tough one but stay strong! Your little guy needs you! :)

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  4. He is so ridiculously cute! I love the pics. Wonderful news on his progress! Go, Lincoln!!

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  5. Hi, I also learned about your blog from Megan. My little girl, Daphne, was in the NICU for 5 months after we lost her twin, Leah, at 27 weeks. It is such a long and bumpy road, and I am praying that it goes as smoothly as possible for your little guy. Glad to see he is doing well.

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