Tuesday

Today was a good day for Colt. His chest x-ray finally looks better, so they think the antibiotics are working. They cultured to see if it is in fact an infection and I believe the 72 hours for that test are up tomorrow, then they will know. He was able to come down on the vent settings today, blood pressure was good and heart rate were all good. They started back to the feedings (they had stopped only to determine if the heart valve was open, which it is not).

They did not do a CT scan, as they decided there is no point in putting him through that. They have to take him out of the NICU and move him down the hall to the CT room, and it's a bit of a trip for him. So since the neuro consult said that they wouldn't even consider doing a surgery right now, there was no point. Although they did do a brain ultrasound and determined that the condition is stable for now, no additional swelling or bleeding. The bleed that has already occurred has stayed the same and would not need draining at this stage anyway.

Here are some pictures of his cute little foot, and him holding my hand. I got to feed him today, which just means I got to handle the syringe into his feeding tube. The pictures look a little funny because he's sunbathing today...we were trying to keep the interruptions at a minimum because his new neighbor is quite the screamer, and didn't want to open his incubator holes because it was so loud. Thanks again for checking the blog and for your prayers, we look forward to reading the comments every day!