Wednesday, December 30, 2009

8 Weeks and Counting

So Andy is 8 weeks old! Almost 2 months, boy is that hard to believe!! And still really no sign of when we will be able to come home, I asked his nurse today and she said that they first needed to find out why he was having desats ect..., so I didnt get an answer there. He has been taken off of the caffine today and they want to do a "sleep test" on him some time next week to see if they can figure out why he has desats while he is sleeping, so we are praying that some answers will be found.
He has been doing pretty much the same with his throwing up problem, yesterday he got put on demand feeding, which means that he can sleep up to 5 hours before they will wake him up to eat, and then he can eat as much as he wants, the nurse said that it was one step closer to going home, but when we went in today they had put him back on somewhat of a scedule because they want to see if feeding him more often ( every 3 hours at least ) and then not giving him as much ( no more than 40- 60 mls ) would help him keep his milk down, so far today he has been doing good with that and he did not throw up at all both times that we were there to feed him. He also now weighs 5 pounds 4 ozs since Sunday night.
This afternoon he went for an altrasound of his kidneys, he had some water in them when they had checked it out last time, so they wanted to do a follow up on that. The results should be in tomorrow or the day after that. Other than that he does not have any other exams ect... right now that I know of, so far his eye seems to be just fine and when he is awake he is looking around and seems to be noticing alot more, he is so cute when he is awake!
So that is about all our news here, Im sorry about not updating sooner and that there are no pictures in this post, I forgot our computer at home on our last visit so Im using someone elses computer and dont have any pictures.
We thank you for your prayers and ask that you might continue to remember us when you go before our Lord in prayer, things that you can pray for are:
Andrews kidneys to fine...
Andrews lungs to keep growing stronger so that he can stay off of the caffine this time...
Some answers to be found next week...
Strength for Josh and I as we continue to wait. THANK YOU!!!!

3 comments:

Laura said...

Our prayers are with you and may the Lord feel you with His strength.

Thanks for the updates...and the pictures when you can, there so sweet.

One of those Pauls people said...

Wow He is getting big! Mike and I have been praying for you with renewed vigour now that we have caught a glimpse of what you are going through.

Jeanette

The Rowley Family said...

thanks for the update! we look forward to hearing more about His faithfulness and hope that everyone is doing well.
A happy birthday to Josh as well!
Thinking of you.