February 21, 2010

First and foremost...Becky and Bill would like to thank EVERYONE for such a successful and heart-warming baby shower yesterday. From the moment of silence for little Will and Tenley to Bill wearing a "Chick Magnet" bib, it was just good times all around.

Will - over the last week, Will has been tested for everything under the sun. Every day he was so worn-out from all the tests that he couldn't even have kangaroo holds from him parents. Well, the test results are in:
stomach x-ray - negative; chest x-ray - negative; CT scan - negative; MRI - negative; blood work - showed low blood counts so he got a blood transfusion (no biggie); spinal tap #3 - still shows red and white blood cells however the counts have gone down so the anti-biotics are doing their job...nothing but good news! In addition, he weighed in tonight at 3lbs 1oz. He's been on 12CCs of milk since Saturday at 9am (Friday he was taken off milk entirely) and was doing well until his 9pm feed...he regurgitated 3CCs of it but the Dr did not seemed concerned.
Saturday morning Will also decided it was time to take the breathing tube out himself...so...he did...he extubated himself and he's been doing well on the CPAP ever since. In fact, he was doing so well, that finally after a week, Mom was able to kangaroo hold her son last night for over an hour and a half. I have never seen him so still and relaxed. It was just a good end to an already great day.

Tenley - As always is the case thus far, Tenley is just holding steady. She weighed in at 2lbs 10ozs last night. While Mommy was holding Will, Daddy got to hold Tenley. Tenley LOVES kangaroo time because that means she goes off the CPAP and just goes on the nasal oxygen. The Dr order is for only one hour of nasal oxygen then she is to go right back on the CPAP. However, last night, after over an hour and a half, she was still doing fantastic on just the nasal oxygen. When we left, she was still just on the nasal oxygen...so, we'll see what happened during the night with that later.