29 Jan 07

Only a quick one this morning...

Turns out that Tricia's "motherly instincts" were right about Tommy's hand...it was infected. They started Tommy on some oral antibiotics last night, so we should see a quick turn-around by tonight. They did a white blood cell test on him, and it came back indicating that he was fighting an infection.

Also, the good news for today is that he should start bottle feeding! The Dr. said that as long as he hadn't lost any weight yesterday, they were going to start the slow process of switching him from the tube to the bottle. They were a little concerned that the extra calories he uses for bottle feeding might take away from fighting the infection, but we'll see...I am excited to see how it goes, as Tricia tells me that he always roots around when she is holding him.

Got to get Kimberlyn to school and then myself to work!