Days 35, 36 and 37

Hi folks -

It's been quite busy for us over the past few days. Zachary had another head ultrasound which looks great! The Grade 3 bleed is getting smaller and the Grade 1 bleed continues to resolve. This is very good news. He won't have another ultrasound of his head for two weeks. We'll pray for more good news.

On Saturday morning they took his CPAP off and put on the nasal cannula which delivers a much lower pressure of oxygen. Zachary seemed happy and we took lots of pictures (which I am working on so I can post them soon). Zachary gave it his all, but sadly, he isn't quite ready to be off the CPAP yet. Last night, the doctor called us and told us she was going to put him back on the CPAP as he was not sating as high as she would like and he had been breathing fast most of the day. So he is back on the CPAP at a pressure of 8 (he was at a pressure of 6 when he went off of it) and they have the oxygen is set at 40%. They are leaving him kind of high on pressure to make sure his lungs don't have to work too hard after all the hard work they had to do yesterday. We continue to be amazed at Zachary and his NICU team. We are very proud of Zachary for doing such a good job without his CPAP for so long and are very glad that his doctor recognized that he was working hard and gave him some help.

We called this morning and he is doing well and is fast asleep, so we giving him some time to have some good rest before we go to see him. Rest is definitely what he needs. Pod D has been a sea of activity over the past few days (not relating to him) and his nurse tells us it's quiet in there today so we want him to sleep and recover from all of his efforts yesterday.

As always, thanks for all the comments, prayers, thoughts, calls and cards. We are unable to chat with everyone we'd like to as we spend so much time with Zachary and of course, no cell phones are allowed in the NICU. Thanks for your patience with us.

Love to all!

P.S.: He is now weighing in at 2 pounds, 13.9 ounces!! We cannot believe he is almost three pounds!