10 Jan Update

Tommy
The new IV in Tommy's arm seems to be working out pretty well. Hopefully, this means no more IV sticks in the future!! He is also going up to 10 cc's of milk tonight, so that means his overall intake will be nearly 3 ounces. His weight is still hovering just below his birthweight.

The bad news is that they did another ultrasound Monday on his brain--it seems that the blood is still there, and they have upgraded the "seriousness" of the bleeding from a "Grade 1" level to a "Grade 3" level. I am not sure at this point if they think his brain is still bleeding or what--but Tricia reports the doctor is still not overly concerned at this point due to the fact that he is so active and nearly moblie scootching around in his incubator. We ask that you focus your prayers on his brain and that there be no damage done to it due to the blood and that the blood will go away quickly!! The Dr. told Tricia that we are not "out of the woods" yet, but that he was optimistic that the situation should clear up with no outside intervention.

Tricia's homecomming
Tricia will be comming home tomorrow. It seems like forever since she has left--for me and the kids! I can't wait to see her. I saw on the weather forescast that there is a good possiblility of an ice storm on late Friday night though Saturday. We are going to have to watch that closely to determine whether or not the kids and I will return to OKC on Friday afternoon with the intent of coming home on Saturday. The last thing this family needs is any more issues, and me getting stuck in a ditch somewhere with the kids--or worse--does not sound like a great time of fun to me!! If we do go, we'll probably take the Jeep as the Mustang just doesn't like slippery conditions very well.

Take care, and thanks for all the love!