Growing Boy

Friday afternoon my parents watched Hannah so that I could go visit Kyle at All Children's. I got to the NICU just as the nurse, Stephanie, was starting "hands-on" with him. She let me massage his back with a tiny little vibrator to loosen up the fluids in his lungs for suctioning and a little while later, she let me change his little diaper. It was wonderful to have this little bit of participation in his care.

Kyle is up to 3 pounds, 4 ounces. He's getting 7ml of breastmilk every hour! He's started smiling (so far, only when I put the camera away) and he was able to move his head a tiny bit on his own. His oxygen is still pretty high but he's growing and getting a little more cooperative.