Par counted to ten in spanish today!

Well...not so much...but for the past three days we've been on a roll--so this wouldn't have surprised us at this point! Today was VERY low key--Par slept a lot (actually, he slept a lot when we were with him).

When we called this morning we found out he had been a good baby--but when we arrived to visit him we found out he had not had a very good blood gas--thankfully the nurse was able to pinpoint what was happening around the time it was taken and it can reasonably be assumed that he had too much going on, his CPAP wasn't secure, he had just had diaper changed, etc.--this is reassuring that he isn't necessarily "not tolerating CPAP" but that it was just a bad time to take the BG. Dr. Kays didn't seem worried--and he was around the NICU most of the day--so we feel reassured. The only thing Dr. Kays ordered was that his secretions in his mouth be suctioned before blood gases. Seems easy enough, huh!?!



This afternoon we read Par a new book we received from some new friends in Gainesville--it is the sweetest book-- ON THE NIGHT WHEN YOU WERE BORN. Mom cried when I read it the second time--all you moms out there need to get this book--it is precious. Par seemed to really enjoy it--although he did sleep through it.

Tonight Rusty had some father/son time with Par while I was pumping. He recorded Par's famous suck--it is so cute!



Thank you for sharing in these incredible moments with our family over the past few days. We continue to appreciate each and every prayer and word of encouragement. We thank you for your friendships and support.
Love, Liz, Rusty & Par

PS- There have been several questions about when Par will begin nursing or taking a bottle--there isn't really a good answer for that--but it is a long way off. We might try eating this week, but that involves a feeding tube and 1cc of breast milk to see how he responds--this is a very slow process--nursing/bottle won't happen until we know there aren't any reflux problems.