Lucas is doing well today. He is on 40-50% oxygen at the moment and still has some ups and downs with his blood oxygen levels. They increased his pain medication a little bit to make him more comfortable and they put him on continuous feeds to make it easier on his tummy to digest small bits of food all the time rather than a "large" amount of food every four hours. He is still on the diuretics and lost 2 1/2 oz of fluids, but I think he is getting bigger and looking more like a full-term baby every day.
Its hard to be reminded of how long of a road we're on. I get to thinking that 3 weeks passed really fast and the next 3 will go by fast too. Soon I'll be back to work, but it still seems like its been forever too. Its a conflicting feeling. I just can't wait until we can hold him! There hasn't been a lot of change day to day unless he's not doing well, so I'll probably be repeating myself a lot. Baby did get his 1st Christmas card from our friend Donna. Thanks a lot Donna! Its in his NICU room with the stocking Grandma G got him and the bear that Grandma Di got him. I will be getting him his baby's first Christmas ornament soon.
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