One Month Old!

We apologize for not putting out any new updates lately as our computer was having some issues. Anyway, Logan seems to be doing pretty well. According to his primary neonatologist, right now we just need to focus on him growing (kind of like a plant - one of the respiratory nurses has nicknamed him "Sprout"). As of last night, he was about 710 grams (about 1 pound and 9 ounces) and is 13 inches long. He is now stable enough that Meghann has been able to kangaroo with him twice. Kangarooing is similar to holding him except that it is skin-to-skin contact. So Logan lays in only his diaper on Meghann's chest and is covered up by blankets. He seems to LOVE being back with Mom and all of his vitals do better than ever when he is. Meghann absolutely loves holding him, to say the very least. The hard part is that he can only be held maybe every third day (although it is looking more like once a week) so it is hard to wait in between times. Lance will get to kangaroo with him for the first time on either Tuesday or Wednesday if he is stable. As for his health, he went up on his ventilator settings at the end of last week, but he has been able to start bringing them back down. The nurses can still hear his heart murmur, but the doctors have decided to not do anything with it unless it starts causing other problems. His kidneys were having a hard time last week as well and he was pretty swollen for about 3 days, but he has been able to turn that around too and has lost the puffiness. He is now eating 3.5 mL every 2 hours, which means he's up to about 1 ounce a day. Luckily, Mom is producing more than enough for now! Logan is definitely still as feisty as ever. He sure lets the nurses know it when he is unhappy! But they all still love him and fight over who gets to take care of him. He now has 2 primary care nurses, 1 primary neonatologist, 3 secondary nurses and about 15 other nurses who take care of him regularly, not to mention the receptionists and other nurses who just check on him and talk to him every day. He's never lonely... One nurse told us that she is surprised there haven't been fistfights over who gets to have him! It makes us very happy to know that he is so well loved there. It makes it a litte easier to leave at the end of the day. They are all really pulling for him and more than one has told us that they are praying for him. As hard as it is to be far from our families, the people at Rainbows have made it a little easier because they are so good to him. We got to see him without all the tape on his face too, and although we are a little biased, we must say that he is a beautiful little boy.
As always, we appreciate the continued prayers for our little guy. The power of prayer is an amazing thing to witness. We are truly blessed to have so many people praying for us.
Love,
Meghann, Lance and Logan