A light at the end of the tunnel?

Just a quick update before I head back to the hospital. (We get kicked out from 7-8 AM & PM for shift change).

Miles is doing VERY well!! What a difference 48 hours can make! 48 hours ago, he was sluggish, lethargic, and just interested in sleeping; now, he is vigorous with his feeds, pulling his oxygen & feeding tube out, and waking up 30 minutes early for his feeds!! Praise God!
Last night, Miles weighed 5 lbs 1.8 oz. I'm curious to see his weight tonight b/c he has been eating so well! His shortest feed today was 27 minutes. As I was leaving the hospital, his night nurse came in and was shocked at how much better he looked! She said that the other night when she was on (Fri. night) she wasn't convinced that he wasn't getting sick. I'm so glad she didn't express that concern to me on Friday night! Just goes to show the power of prayer!

Today, nurse Linda had to change out Miles' id bracelets b/c they were starting to cut into his little wrists! Linda commented that he was "indeed porking up"! That's what we like to hear!!

Miles has been maintaining his Oxygen saturation at 99-100% all day, including feeds. This is also on HALF of the Oxygen that he was on yesterday. So we are definitely doing better, and I think that he is telling us that he doesn't need it anymore. Both nurses feel certain that it will come off tomorrow!! :) That's one less tube in the way of me kissing his sweet little face!!

Graham has the "daycare crud" going on right now and doesn't understand why he can't go to the hospital to see Miles. Jeff & I were hoping that today we would be able to have a family day at the hospital, but we have to look out for Miles' best interest. I know that Miles won't be able to live in a germ-free bubble, but he's still to fragile to expose him to any illnesses. Mom has offered to keep Graham tomorrow so that Jeff can come up and love on Miles.

A funny Graham story: Graham loves guitars. He developed this love on his own (makes me wonder if it's in the genes...). He has recently been carrying his guitar around the house singing a song that he made up. The words are "Daddy. Mommy. Daddy. Mommy. Maddy. Dommy." It is quite funny when he combines Mommy & Daddy. However, the other morning it went like this "Daddy. Mommy. Daddy. Miles. Mommy. Miles." How sweet is that?!?! I love him more and more every day!!!

That's about it! I hope that you are all having a nice, long-weekend.

Still praying for a discharge date...(although, Jeff's silent prayer is that Miles doesn't come home until we are settled into the new house!)

Jeff, Lauren, Graham & Miles