Gabe's GREAT weekend!!

This weekend has been FULL of surprises for us and for Gabe. Gabe now weighs 1 lb 12oz (he had dropped to 1lb 9oz). He is tolerating his 1cc of breast milk, so now he is getting it every 3 hrs instead of every 6 hrs. They decided to add caffeine to his milk a few times a day. I guess he misses his daily morning 99 cent large from Sonic. Today they decided to try something new. They took him off of his vent and put him on a c-pap machine. This is like a machine someone with sleep apnea would use at night. He is still on very little oxygen, 27% ( we breath 21%). He did decided today to open his eyes. They are only opened a little. And of course, he looks like he has blue eyes. Yes, they could still change- still hoping for brown eyes. Every time I would talk to him, he would respond by opening his eyes. He knows his mommy's voice. I guess if I had yelled Jacob a few times, he would have REALLY opened his eyes.

We took some pictures of him this weekend, so that we could compare him to Jacob. This is our famous coke can pictures. We use a coke can because everyone know how big the cans are. Jacob is at the top and Gabe is at the bottom.


The next set of pictures are Greg's wedding band. When we placed it on Jacob's arm and it went all the way down to his shoulder. When we placed it on Gabe's hand, it wouldn't even go over his hand. We could have probably forced it, but we didn't IN CASE we couldn't get it off. Gabe is on the top and Jacob is on the bottom.


On a side note. I have not bled to death. BUT if my incision doesn't close and the bleeding hasn't completely stopped, I will be back in the OR this week. Not sure how they will fix it, but it has to be fixed.
Thank you for all the prayers over the last few weeks. Continue to remember us. Everyday can bring us good and bad surprises. We hope that Gabe lasts on the c-pap machine, but we also know that he might have to go back to vent. That is just part of this journey we are on.