Quick Update!

Here are the two most irresistable men/boys in the world. Add my dad in the mix, and you've got the three men I love most in the planet. Jason is very funny. Everytime we go to the NICU, we moment we walk in the doors, he gets very drowsy. Sit him down, and BAM, he's out like a light! It's really quite funny- the nurses and doctors get a little confused, but hey, he works so hard for his little family, that I'm totally ok with him conking out whenever. Especially when him and The Boy are napping together!!

So, I realize that I've promised everyone an update on HAL.

Poop: After 8 DAYS of no poop, he's finally moving again. In fact, tonight, whilst giving him a cotton-ball bath, he both peed and pooped on me. Good boy!! So, on Tuesday, they're doing an Upper GI Track test to see if there was a reason why nothing was moving. This is a great thing, because it means that his abdomen isn't as distended, and he'll be able to get the whole breathing thing back on track. Yay!

Lungs: He's been re-intubated, and is back on a ventilator. The Number 1 reason is because his belly was so full of air and gas that it was pushing up on his diaphragm, and he wasn't able to get good breaths. They're planning on taking him off of the vent either tomorrow or Tuesday. Once they take him off of the vent, they're going to push forward on getting him to do feedings. (Speaking of feedings, I've had lots of people ask me about my freezer and if it's still that full. People, that was only 5 days worth, pictures will be following hence forth to show you what it's REALLY like. Yowza!)

Doctors: We had a meeting with a genetisist (or however the crap you spell it), and she was able to assure us that he doesn't have any "syndromes". This is a good thing. She seemed to be pretty upbeat about his prognosis, and his overall well-being.

MRI: They still haven't done it. Since they had to put him back on the ventilator, they can't do it as long as he's on it. They are planning on Wednesday though. Don't get too excited though, because there are a bunch of people who have to read it, so I'm not thinking we'll get anything as far as results go until next Monday.

He is beautiful, and wonderful, and smart (I'm sure), and adorable, and my perfect, sweet baby. He's opening his eyes a lot more now, and has learned a new trick. Any time that he knows that I'm going home, he immediately opens his eyes, because he KNOWS his mama can't walk away from those Mad Eye Moody baby blues. I went to the hospital today and read books to him. It was really fun. He was being very responsive, and then would drift off to sleep. Man, I love this kid.