Friday Afternoon

Julie came home this afternoon feeling relief. The nurse on duty usually does not work shifts anymore, mostly does research. And she is an expert who lectures on
NEC Necrotizing Enterocolitis which is the name for his gut infection. She said that very few babies get through it without going on a respirator. And the fact that he also had heart defects makes it quite extraordinary that he did not go on a respirator. That he was a strong little guy. She thinks the poopies coming through his diaper now is just old stuff getting out.

He is getting stronger and stronger and was sucking on his binkie when she got there. There is a possibility that becuase he is stable that his surgery may get bumped past Tuesday if there is another patient with more urgent needs.

Thanks again for all the prayers!