Fall Back

Today was a bit of a frustrating day. Luke is looking and breathing great. He had a big poop (which I got to change) which is good.

However, the nurses tried to feed him some milk again today. The neat thing about his feeding tube is that it works both ways...they can pump food in and suck out whatever may be in his stomach. When they start feeding preemies for the first time, the nurses will suck out whatever is in his stomach about three hours past the last feeding. Typically the stuff they pull out is supposed to be clear...Lukes was dark green. That's a sign that he's not digesting his milk well. The nurses said this could happen before we even started the feedings so it wasn't a shock...but it's frustrating when you want the little guy to thrive.

Additionally, we don't think the hole in his heart (PDA) has closed up yet since the nurses kept telling us that the test was performed this morning, but the doctor will have to tell us the results. We think this is nurse code for "the hole is not closed and he will need surgery, but we can't tell you this because a doctor has to," but we may be jumping to conclusions. The surgery isn't bad...if he needs it, just do it!

So prayer requests...please pray that the hole (PDA) will close in his heart and that he will digest the milk properly.

Thanks again for your encouragement and prayers!

Cheers,
Colin