Day 50 - Good News!!

We are so proud of our big boy. He is now seven weeks old and is 34 weeks (corrected). Only six weeks left until the day he was supposed to be born (and hopefully will be able to come home!).

He's doing so well on the nasal cannula this time. He still has some rapid breathing from time to time, but he also has periods where his breathing is normal. His doctors put him on Lasiks today to help with the fluid collection and he seems to be doing so well. They even began to wean his oxygen down this evening! He went from 100% oxygen flowing into the cannula to 75% when we left this evening. Yeay Zachary!

In other related news, Stephen finished painting and sponge painting Zachary's room. It looks great and we think Zachary will enjoy it. Next weekend we are going to work on putting up the border and then Stephen will be putting his furniture together so we can put everything away for use when he gets home.

Oh, and as predicted, Zachary has learned to pull out his feeding tube. His nurse Kaitlin told us that she went to feed him on Thursday night and he had the tube pulled out and was holding the end of it for her. She was not impressed but had a sense of humor about it.

We now spend even more time holding Zachary's hand, it's better that he holds our fingers than his feeding tube! Our little boy is quite amazing in his abilities. He can find and play with the tape on his face, he can turn his head from one side to the other, he can roll from his side to his back and he can pull out his feeding tube. His hands are always moving, even in his sleep! What a great baby!

We hope everyone is having a great weekend. Love to all!

P.S. Please remember to leave comments for Zachary (we will be saving this blog for him to read when he gets older). Thank you!