Technical Difficulties

Sorry for not writing anything yesterday! Our computer would not connect to the internet, but I finally fixed it today.

Okay! So, Jon was able to hold Patrick the other night and they both loved it! We got some really good pictures and the nurse made a cute little scrapbook-y thing to hang in his room. I'll try to get one up here as soon as I can.

Patrick spent most of the morning yesterday pulling the nasal cannula off. He just didn't want anything on his face, and he figured out that he could get his hand around the tubes and just yank it off. I was watching him do it, and even though I knew I should probably stop him, I let him do it because he didn't really need it. Later that day, the doctor decided to take it off completely! Here he is with the tubes up over his sunglasses. Silly kid.

They did go up on his feedings to 6ccs every 3 hours, and he took those well, so this morning the doctor decided he could handle 9ccs! 9ccs is about a third of an ounce, he told us.

Patrick was under a huge light for the phototherapy, but he's doing better so they moved to just the spotlight. We are allowed to turn it off and take his mask off, and when he's wide awake it's fun to watch him. Last night he was so ANGRY when we were there, and we were trying to calm him down with the pacifier and swaddling, but nothing helped. Turned out he was making a large poop and was not having a fun time with that! But we're excited for poop! I forget how much it weighed, but kiddo has lost some weight since birth - last I heard he was down to 2 lbs 9 oz.

He figured out the pacifier thing yesterday. Jon put it in his mouth three times in a row, and three times in a row Patrick grabbed it and pulled it out. And then got mad. On the fourth time, he pushed it in instead of pulling it out, and he held on to it for quite awhile.

I was able to hold him for about an hour yesterday, and that was really nice. I've never fallen asleep in one of the hospital recliners before, but I dozed off a couple times with him. And he totally faceplants. You would think he'd be really uncomfortable, but if you try to move him he gets mad! Also, I was able to get my first haircut since March!

The news this morning isn't anything drastic. The doctor did hear a heart murmer this morning, but he's not going to stress about it until Patrick starts showing signs of trouble. It may be the same issue we had with Will. There's this tiny little duct in babies' hearts that usually closes after birth. With preemies, this tends not to happen, or it just takes a longer time. Since this is the first time the doctor has heard this heart murmer, he's thinking it might just be the duct closing off and causing more noise than it did before. Like I said, he's not worried and we'll see what happens.

Patrick has had a lot of visitors! It's been great to show everyone how well he's doing. Gramalissa, Gramma Vickie and my dad (I still can't call him grandpa anything! Too weird for me) have been up quite a bit to see him. Aunt Sara finally got over her cough and came up to visit yesterday, Uncle Trevor met him the night before. I heard that next weekend his Uncle Ryan will be coming down from Minneapolis to come meet him. We've also talked about having Jon's grandma come down and see Patrick before she goes to Texas for the winter. I think the thing that most people say at about Patrick is that he's long. He has long arms, long fingers, long feet. We have no idea where that comes from. Makes you wonder how tall he'll end up being!

Today we're going to get some things done around the house and head back up in the evening! Thanks Grandma Vickie and Aunt Karen for coming over to paint and put plants in our yard!