Baby Christian

This is my cousin's baby he was born at 30wks 5 days. My cousin's name is Jill and her hubby is Jimmy. Their new bundle of joy is Christian. Christian is 2 weeks old today, and has had quite a ride on the NICU Roller-Coaster. He was born weighing 3lb 6oz and dropped to 3lb 2oz and is back up to birth weight as of last night. He was born crying "Hello World" and did not have to be on a vent, then his lung collapsed and he had to be intubated. He was on billi loghts for a while but is off of those now. And he healed enough from the collapsed ling that he was extubated, and on the C-PAP (now you remember the C-PAP - these should all be familiar for you NICU veterans), and quickly he went to a nasal canula (not ka-nula Kerri). Unfortunately last night his other lung collapsed (not a common occurrence - just like Bro's hemorrhage - can you tell they are related?) So back on the vent he went and off of his feedings, he was up to 8-9cc every 3 hours. He is doing well today in spite of his "thrill" last night. But please pray for him and for Jill and Jimmy....from keeping up with us you know what a ride they have in store for them, poor Jill didn't sleep a wink last night. I asked Jill and she said I could share information with Brody's fan base (lol). Jimmy has started a page for Christian at http://www.caringbridge.org/ then type in christianjamesmiller in the Visit a Caring Bridge Website box. Thank you for being so good to us and now so good to Jill, Jimmy, and Christian.

Oops...almost forgot to tell you, Baby Bro is wonderful. If you don't believe me ask Grammy or Grandma. He is so cute and so sweet. He is getting so big that he keeps pulling his lead wires out of his electrodes on his AB Monitor. A sign to me that he is saying, "Mommy, I'm done with this machine." Just like he did with his vent tube and canula. God's goodness is evident every day in the Wilmoth home.