Kangarooing

Meghann got to kangaroo with Logan again tonight for almost 3 hours. He would have laid with her all day if she hadn't had to get up and go to the bathroom! Lance also got to hold him on Monday afternoon for about an hour. We have found out that Logan really likes to cuddle which we are pretty happy about. He gets as close to us as possible when we hold him and just kind of sticks to us. He loves it. We'll put pictures on here soon.
The good news is that Logan seems to be doing pretty well on his vent settings today. He did really well when he was kangarooing. He's also up to 5.5 mL every 2 hours and he's doing great with his feeds. He is just so darn cute and is still moving all over the place all the time. The bad news is that the hole in his heart didn't close with the last dose of medicine and is actually bigger than the doctors realized. So it has been decided that early next week, they will have to surgically close the duct. Although it is definitely a scary prospect for us and is not what we wanted at all, it will end up being better for Logan. He will be able to get of the ventilator finally and will start growing better. The bad thing is that it is surgery so he will be heavily sedated and on pain medicine, and he is still very small so the surgery is somewhat risky. And he will most likely have 3 or 4 really bad days after the surgery. But usually, babies turn around after a few days and improve relatively quickly. And the surgery is being done by the one of the best cardiac surgeons at Rainbows who comes very highly recommended by Logan's doctors. We will know more about when the surgery will happen after tomorrow. We will let everyone know when we have a date for the surgery. The other bad thing from today is that he was weighed on a more accurate scale and we found out that he is not as big as we thought. He is only 653 grams (1 pound 7 ounces). The nurses say that the scale in the bed was not as accurate because of everything else in the incubator with him. This time, he was out of his incubator. He'll be weighed again on Sunday, so hopefully he puts on some weight before then.
So Logan obviously needs a few extra prayers for the next few days, and we appreciate any extra love you could send his way. Thanks (as always) for the prayers and support.
Love,
Meghann, Lance and Logan