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