Day 38

Hi folks!

Zachary spent most of yesterday snoozing from his lung workout on Saturday. Today he was doing great and we both got to hold him for an hour today. It was wonderful. Oh how we have missed holding him!

Here is what the doctors, nurses and respiratory therapists have planned for Zachary this week.

- The CPAP was turned back down to 6 today and we are hoping to try the nasal cannula again later this week.

- Starting on Tuesday, they will be slowly changing him from continuous feeds to getting a certain amount at one time. They will do this by giving him his milk over two hours, then an hour and a half, then an hour, then forty-five minutes, then a half hour, or something like this. This is because he needs to be eating once every three hours in order to be able to bottle feed (thank goodness no continuous bottle feeding, ha ha!).

- They increased the amount of his milk intake again today so he is at full feeds for his weight, which is 3 pounds even (can you believe it!!). He measures 14 and 3/4 inches.

Sounds like a busy week for our little boy, doesn't it?

This week Mommy and Daddy are starting to cut back a bit on their visits (not by choice!). In a couple of weeks both of us are going back to work (until he gets to come home) and we don't want him to all of a sudden not have us there. Therefore we are slowly weaning our visits to match our work schedules. So instead of visiting for a few hours three times a day, we are visiting for a few hours in the morning and then for a few hours after dinner. We figure it will take ALL of us awhile to get used to this, but it will probably be much easier for Zachary than it is for us. We miss him so much when we aren't with him. The good thing is that he sleeps a lot and us not being there gives him a good chance to catch up on his zzzz's.

That's about all for us. We hope that all of you are doing well. Love to all!