Tommy is progressing

We went and saw Tommy this morning. The nurse said a normal baby breaths between 30-60 breaths per minute. Tommy was breathing around 40 breaths per minute, but the ventilator was only giving him about 10 breaths per minute, so he was doing the extra 30 all on his own...good stuff!

Tricia's milk has also come in, and she has been able to pump. They freeze the milk and will be giving it to him sometime in the near future. We rented a new fancy breastpump from the hospital which seems to really be working much better than the pumps she has used in the past...being a dad, I have no idea why, but she says it feels just like a real baby. She typically has had a lot of problems breastfeeding, but she is really able to get quite a bit of milk now, so that is just awesome--it will be very good for Tommy. Right now, they have started feeding Tommy some sort of solution that has lots of electrolites and vitamins in it--not milk yet, but at least he is getting some nutrition now. Before, they were giving him mostly saline mixed with some sugar solution.

Tricia is still hurting pretty badly when she moves around, but she was able to get in and out of the bed, the car, the bathroom, etc, so that is promising. Once we get her off of the pain meds and her eyes fully recover, she'll be able to drive and get around on her own. She wanted a wheelchair to get into the hospital, but I was a meanie and made her walk. the whole trip is really only a few hundred feet once I drop her off at the front door. I just think she needs to get as much exercise and confidence as she can--and she is doing well.