Jan 3 PM Update

Tommy "The Pistol" Nance
Tommy is starting to get a reputation in the NICU--as a feisty little man. This morning, he pulled his IV cord from his bellybutton. He also pulled his feeding tube from his nose a couple of times. They ended up having to put a new IV into his HEAD! That was a scary thing to see for the first time. But, it is better there than it would be in his hand or somewhere else..he would definitely pull it out there. Other than that, he seems to be doing well! He has had a couple of sessions where the oxygen level in his blood went too far down for about 30 seconds--it happens at about the same time each day, so they suspect that they may increase his caffeine intake a bit. I guess the caffeine helps keep him breathing and so forth. He also gained 2 ounces from when we left, so it looks like the breatmilk is doing its thing!

Tricia
I think the visit home greatly helped Tricia. Her doctor's visit went very well--she had her staples removed and some blood work done. Her swelling has greatly decreased and her vision has improved. She still has not taken any pain pills and has much less pain--she is walking much better and much more. So, overall, the is almost all over the hard part (physically at least). She is almost back to my normal wife, and that is just awesome for everyone!

The Altus Kids
All the kids are doing great--Grandma has been doing a great job, and they all seem like they are doing well. We did another webcam session when we got back here to OKC. They really like that.

Well, that is about all the news for now. We found out that tricare (our insurance through the military) will pay for all our hotel costs for the first 10 days--which is pretty much all of the expenses so far! That is great!!