cautiously optimistic

yesterday, Jonah's status was changed to recovery care. That means that basically he has no issues except the eating. Dr. Lina called him her "A" student...I hope he keeps up his studies and plans to be an A student for the rest of his life :) Anyways, she said as long as he is gaining weight, she was going to switch him to "ad-lib" feedings. That means the baby sets the schedule...and we don't have to wake him up to eat. He eats on his terms (they do set a minimum so if he doesn't meet it in a 12 hour shift the help him out by putting some down the tube). But this really seemed to help him. He woke up and was hungry and had enough energy to eat all he was needing from the bottle, and skip the tube all together yesterday.

So as long as last night and today goes well...we get to ROOM IN TONIGHT! That also means that if that goes ok, that we might get to take him home tomorrow!!!!!


He had his car seat tolerance test yesterday. It didn't go great, but he did pass. Of course, I try to find the safest (read-most expensive) one, and the dang thing has too big of a pad behind his head, which pushes his little head forward, which in turn closes his little airway. So he did pass, but the lady said that she would not leave him alone in his seat till he gets a little bigger, and he really pooped out by the end of the hour long test, so we are "fargo" bound for at least a month or until he gets a longer body :).

They were going to do his hearing screening last night on the night shift, so we'll get the results of that this morning. Also...today is the big day for the circumcision...poor guy! He has no idea what we have planned for him!

Anyways...there is definately light at the end of this tunnel, and this leg of our parenting journey is almost over. Let's hope that last night was our last night of good sleep for a while! :)

THanks for all the support and prayers!
Love to all
kelly, dean, and jonah