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LOGAN IS COMING HOME TOMORROW!!!!!!! We are a big mixture of emotions right now...happy, relieved, excited, scared, nervous and just a little sad to leave our wonderful caretakers (aka Logan's girlfriends) behind. He is coming home on nothing at all. No feeding tubes, no oxygen, no monitors! There were a lot of days early on in all of this that we didn't know if this day would ever arrive. We are so very grateful for all of the thoughts and prayers. God works in his own way and his own time. Logan is definitely going to be a handful. He still takes a very long time to eat (about 1 hour to take 3 ounces) and gets fussy during his feed, but he can do it. He just has some problems he needs to outgrow. And even though we could never have received better care than we did, what he needs now is to be home with us since we can provide the care and attention that he so badly needs. He will be 2 months corrected age on Friday, so he is ready to start playing. He is very social! His girlfriends will all miss him (and we will miss them) but we all know it's best for him.
We will keep you updated on his progress, although the updates may be fewer and further apart. We apologize in advance for that! Please continue to pray for Logan as the winter season approaches and we do everything we can to keep him out of the hospital.
Much love,
Meghann, Lance and Logan

Go Bucks!

Not really a whole lot new to report on Logan. The most exciting thing for both him and Dad was that they got to watch Logan's first OSU/Michigan game this past Saturday. Logan wasn't nearly as interested in it as his dad would have liked, but he did look adorable in his OSU gear(his shirt says "Poop on Michigan" by the way. Sorry uncle Chris!) . And since OSU won, Dad was happy for the rest of the day and that is always good!

Logan is still off his oxygen all the time when resting. He is starting to not need it during feeds either. He really loves life off of the cannula so he gets really upset when we put it in his nose. He is still having a really hard time with his feeds. The volume he takes has gone down over the last few days which has been frustrating to say the least. It is obvious to us that something hurts him when he eats, so it is painful for us to try to feed him because we know he is in pain. We had really hoped that by this point he would be done with pain, and it never gets easier to hear him cry. They started him on medicine for acid reflux, even though his case is mild right now. He is also on medicine for thrush, which is sores in his mouth and throat. We are not convinced that this is the what is causing his pain, but at least we are being proactive about a possible problem. His hernias seem to be a growing problem because they hurt him all the time and he always seems so uncomfortable and unhappy. We are supposed to be talking to the surgeons this week about possibly operating on the hernias in the very near future. If this happens, hopefully he will be more comfortable during feeds and therefore start eating more from his bottle.

Please continue to pray for Logan's feeding and pain - whatever the cause may be. We just want him to be happy and comfortable. And most of all, we want him to come home to us soon.

Love,

Meghann, Lance and Logan

No more oxygen...well, while resting!

Logan was taken off his oxygen today when he is resting! It still gets turned on when he is eating, but the rest of the day, he is breathing room air for the first time in his life. He will be 5 months old (well, 5 months alive anyway!) next week. We are still holding out hope that he will be home for Christmas, especially since it is taking him so long to eat. His eating is the only thing keeping him in the hospital, especially since he is not on oxygen all the time anymore. He is starting to take more out of a bottle, but he is still a long way from taking everything like he needs to. There was some talk about sending him home with a feeding tube, but we are not interested in that at all. It is just not something we feel like we would be able to manage. Logan is defenitely getting much bigger. He is about 6 pounds, 13 ounces and about 18 inches long. He's still short and chubby (well, chubby for Logan!). His rickets have resolved themselves, and the eye doctor thinks is eye disease may be starting to resolve itself as well. Most of his medicines are gone now too, which is nice because he was on so much medication. Logan has definitely started showing even more of his personality lately. He loves his bouncy seat and seems to be all right with his swing (as long as mom and dad aren't there to hold him instead!). He also loves the physical therapist who comes in a few times a week to work with him. He follows things with his eyes and has great head control. He is also starting to explore things with his hands and grab onto a few things. He especially loves to grab onto our clothes and Meghann's hair! He still loves to be read to and really likes listening to his music. The only problem with all of this (other than the eating!) is that because he is doing so well, it is so hard for us to leave him at night. So we have been spending even longer hours there than we were for awhile. We usually get there around 5 and get home about 11. It all makes for a very long, tiring day. But we love being with him so much that it is all worth it. He has been more than worth everything we have been through.

Please continue to pray for Logan's feeding so we can get him home sooner rather than later and really be a family. Bogey is very eager to meet whatever it is that he smells on us every night after we leave him alone for so long! We know he will love his little brother - it is impossible not to!

Love to all of you,

Meghann, Lance and Logan