Doing Much Better...

Forrest has gotten much better over the last few days. They decided that he had a viral infection in his intestines. They have been taking x-rays every day to determine whether it is getting better or not. Yesterday it started to look better so they decided that he could start feedings again today. He had 3-4 feedings today and he took 10 cc's each time. For now, we are feeding him by bottle so that they do not have to put the feeding tube back in. This has been working great so far. We are still working on the breastfeeding but not pushing it too hard right now.

He is still being watched and will continue to have x-rays daily until they are sure that everything is 100% back to normal. The good news is that since the blood transfusion his hemoglobin has been way up and is no longer a concern.

He does have a new midline (IV) in since he needs nutrition in addition to the milk he is getting. In addition, they have left the IV in his foot just in case it is needed for anything else. Our hope is that he will not need these two IV's for very long.

We have also been so fortunate with the nurses at Shawnee Mission in the NICU. They have all been so nice to us. I have had several nurses come and find me when they hear I am there just to tell me they have been thinking about us and were concerned to hear about Forrest. He definitely has a fan base with the nurses....already the ladies man. Honestly the nurses make things a lot easier and are never too busy to answer my questions or explain things to me.

Please pray that the feedings continue and that is intestines will cooperate and not flair up again. Please also pray for us as we continue to deal with our crazy schedule and me having to be up at the NICU so much. Thank you so much for all of your kind words, emails and calls. I am so sorry that I haven't been able to answer everyone, but please know that it all means so much to us.