He Keeps Getting Cuter

I didn't think it was possible but everyday he gets cuter. This picture shows how big those tiny hands are in comparison to his wee self. I keep a hat on him (sometimes mittens too), the nurses will put a tee-shirt under his sleepers and socks sometimes. Because occasionally he has a problem keeping his temperature up. So many things for such a little guy to do. Whew!!

This picture shows the hemangioma on his check (you may have wondered about it in earlier pictures). It wasn't there when he was born. It can be a preemie thing or it can be hereditary but since neither of our families have it, we're thinking it's a preemie thing. It's a cluster of capillaries. It started out as little red dots and grew. It may get bigger then it will start to fade. It should be gone by the time he is 12 - 18 months. We had it checked by awesome Dr. Kovac (he treats all of our family skin cancer - unfortunately for the Walker clan). He said it is nothing to worry about and that it will go away on it's own. PTL (praise the lord) because some are under the skin and cause problems or require surgery. One more way God takes care of us before we even ask.

Master Brody tired-out taking 2 bottles in a row then 2 NG feeds. So today he did a bottle in the morning then one in the evening. He did really well with that. He starts a new reflux med tomorrow so I hope that does the trick for him. We did find out that he had had an Urinary Tract Infection in October that somehow wasn't relayed to us. There was a follow-up test yesterday to make sure it was gone (so far so good - no infection growing in the culture) and he'll have to have a test next week to make sure it won't be a reoccurring issue.

I learned how to do some baby massage today. It is good for him on so many levels. I learned how to touch him to reassure him that I wasn't going to do any tests. Since he has had so many heel sticks for blood tests I learned how to make his feet less sensitive. The therapist, Debbie, said some preemies are so sensitive that they walk on their toes. I also learned how to help with the edema in his legs from the Slope & Swing. Debbie also taught me some moves to help with constipation.

Our NICU friends are great. Hannah Grace is working on her discharge papers. And Waylon is off of the ventilator ALREADY and on the CPAP. Something that took Brody weeks to do. I pray pray pray their roller coaster ride is less exciting than ours. He doing so well. PTL for sure. Yeah!!!!!!!!!!