Another Echocardiogram

     Greyson is now 7lbs and 15oz and is still on 1 liter of oxygen. They have tried to wean him but his sats drop to the upper 80's (we want 100) so the pediatrician has ordered another echocardiogram to see if his current heart conditions are what's causing his need for oxygen. If they are, the cardiologist will determine whether or not Greyson can come home and if he does, whether or not he will need to come home on oxygen.  Once we determine if he needs oxygen, he will do a car seat test.  A car seat test is simply monitoring him in his car seat for 90 minutes to see if he can safely ride in it.  We (us and the pediatrician) are thinking we may need to get him a car seat bed instead, but we will not know for sure until we can do a car seat test. We do not know how long he will be in the NICU but we do know it will be through this weekend. Please continue to pray for us all!

One Week

    Greyson is one week old today! This is bittersweet as he is still in the NICU, but he is doing well. On Thursday night, they put him back on 2 liters of oxygen. This was kinda discouraging as we were hoping to come home this weekend.  This morning, they put him down to 1 liter and he is doing really well on it!  We are not sure, but we are hoping they take him off of oxygen tomorrow since he has to be off of oxygen for 24 hours before we can talk about coming home. Thank you for your continued prayers! 

Greyson is a Star Nurser

    Yep, that's right. I was allowed to nurse Greyson this afternoon!  It made us both soooo happy. And guess what, he's a champ at it!  Even his nurse commented that his SATs were better when he was nursing than with his bottle feeds.  This is a big step towards coming home!  I nursed him after a bottle feed, but tomorrow I am hoping to be able to do it the other way around!  Thank you guys for your continued prayers!

Greyson is Doing Well

    Greyson is doing so well!  Yesterday, I spoke to the pediatrician on the phone during the day and he told me that he was going to move Greyson down to 1 liter of oxygen and that his IV was out so he was getting all his nutrients through my milk. The next step was going to be adding more to how much milk Greyson drinks and taking him off oxygen completely. When Josh got off work, we headed to the NICU. When we got there, we were pleasantly surprised to see that he only had a feeding tube! His oxygen was gone completely!  We were able to feed him a bottle where he drank 22cc and left 10cc. The nurse put the remaining 10cc down his feeding tube.  I think the only reason he didn't finish his bottle was the fact that it is hard to suck with a feeding tube down his throat!  

    Today, he is tube free! And he is drinking bottles like a champ!  I can't wait to start nursing him while I am cleared to do so! 

Greyson Drank from a Bottle!

     Greyson was able to eat 10ml from a bottle!  He did a great job!  Before we headed home, we were able to hang out with him and feed him part of his bottle. We (us and the nurses!) were so proud of him!  We do not know how his stomach handled the breast milk, but we will talk to them about it tonight.  One of the things they were concerned about was if he would be able to keep his food down. If he did well, they were going to feed him 15ml at 6pm.  They are also going to reduced his flow from 3 liters down to 2 liters and see how he does.

     The older boys were really happy to see us (and us, them)! We are doing well at home, but we desperately miss Greyson.  Thank you for your continued prayers! 

Josh and I are Headed Home!

    I have been discharged from the hospital!  We will be hanging out with Greyson for several hours and then headed home to see our other boys. Pray for us as we manage going between home and the hospital! 

I Held Greyson!