January 31, 2007, Wednesday

Good morning,

I thought I'd do an update myself. Larry plans to upload pictures at lunchtime today.

BIG NEWS
Yesterday morning (just before I headed to Altus) Tommy got to take his first bottle! He did so well after the nurse burped him, she let me feed him too. Normally they feed the first bottle and mom/dad can try the next one. He will take a bottle every 12 hours. Once he finishes the whole bottle, they'll increase his bottle feedings. Tommy weighs 1576 grams (3 lbs 7 ozs) and has taken two more bottles. He continues to take more at each feeding, so this is wonderful progress.
His hand looks almost totally healed after being on the antibiotics.

My eyes
On my way home yesterday I had to stop in Lawton for a check up on my eyes...I was so excited after his bottle...on the way to Lawton I was thinking of what I'd say on the blog and how I'd say it...Larry normally updates it but with my excitement I didn't want to wait.
Well...that fire burned out fast...my eyes have improved from a month ago in the hospital, but during the exam part where they try and find the 'right' prescription to 'fix' your eyes...they were unable to improve my left eye. I didn't even consider this an option...in my fairytale world it was not an option. That just made my stomach sink...I sincerely thought at this appointment they'd just update my prescription and send me on my way. Instead I have to follow up in 3 months...just before we move to Germany! To top it off, the doc and her tech (that saw me) have terrible bedside manners...I'd never "choose" to go back. I learned the difference of an optometrist and an opthamologist...never even crossed my mind. When I asked if I could be followed by an optometrist, she replied "can I answer that in 3 months"? Not the warm cozy feeling of 'everything will be just fine' that I planned on receiving!