Since the umbillical line was taken out, Jon felt comfortable changing his diaper! Luckily for him, it was just a wet one. He did a good job and I'm sure we'll have plenty of practice time. I was going to put him in a little outfit, but he started SCREAMING when I picked him up, so I gave up on that one really quick. I let the nurse take over on that one. He was probably sick of being messed with at that point, I hope.
He weighed in at 2lbs 13 oz tonight! The doctor gave us a call this afternoon to say that the head ultrasound was perfectly normal, nothing to worry about. The echo showed that Patrick does have a very small PDA, but they're not going to treat it unless he starts showing problems that are associated with it, like a higher heart rate, an enlarged ventricle, or problems with his feedings. A lot of times they can resolve themselves and they don't really want to stop the feedings if they don't have to. Patrick is still having some episodes of bradycardia, but again he recovers on his own and they only last for a few seconds.
Grandma Vickie stopped by while Jon was holding Patrick. Jon handed Patrick over to her, since he's so easy to move around now! Grandma Vickie isn't going to be able to come up this weekend, so he thought it would be nice to let her hold him. It's going to be fun letting the grandparents hold him! 
Another good day for Patrick, except for the whole outfit debacle. The doctor said he's this close to grower-feeder status! In about 2 weeks he'll be old enough to start working on bottle feedings, until then we'll just keep going with the tube.
I think that's all that happened today, definitely time for bed.
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:) I'm so glad to keep hearing good news! I've still got you guys in my prayers!
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