Wednesday, September 19, 2007

Wed. Sept. 19

Luke is doing very well so far with his food. They increased it a little yesterday and a little bit again today, inching his way up to full feeds. We are anxious for him to get to a full feed because he really needs to get off the TPN (which are his nutritional fluids). This fluid is great and helpful, but it is also hard on his liver. If he keeps up with the increase in his food, he should be up to a full feed early next week and off the TPN. He has started to pass a little bit of his food, which is great, everything is working smoother.
I've been able to hold Luke a lot and we are both happy about that. Jeremy goes in really early in the morning and holds Luke. We both do Kangaroo care (skin to skin contact with Luke), it is helpful to his growth and helps with bonding and security for him. Plus we like it too. Luke is much better at regulating his temperature now too, which means we can hold him for longer stretches of time, which is wonderful.
Also, Luke is almost fully recovered from his surgery, his wounds are healing nicely and he doesn't need anymore pain medications. He really has the hands of our Lord on him. What a miracle and blessing he is to us.
Melinda

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