2 Pounds and Counting!!

Gabe is doing quite well. He has been on the nasal cannula for over a week. And still tolerating it. Gabe now weighs 2 lbs (even). Now if he has a good poop, he may be back under 2 lbs. You know how boys are!
Nothing really new has happened the last few days. He is up to 9 cc's on breast milk. And they are now adding extra calories to the milk. That should help him to grow and gain strength.
Having a preemie in the NICU is a waiting game. You wait for something big to happen. You wait for them to grow. You wait for them to quite having spells. You wait for them the learn to breath on their own. You wait for them to be able to keep their temperature up. You wait for them to be big enough to wear clothes. You wait for them to learn to eat with a bottle. And while you wait for all of this to happen, you pray hard that nothing bad happens. Because if something bad happens, then you have to wait for it to be resolved. Then you are waiting AGAIN to catch back up to where you were- because you usually have to start all over again.
Gabe is now 3 weeks old. I got to hold him again today. Gabe was awake the whole time I was holding him. Greg got alot of good pictures of him with his eyes open. The best one we got was of him smiling. Yes, even 2 lb babies smile. It may have been gas, but I am calling it a smile :-)

Gabe had big eyes for his daddy. He watched Greg the whole time.

We did try to get a movie of his little "noises", but he only done them when the movie stopped.
Thanks for all the continued prayers. God has really touch Gabe and us. We know that God's hand has been on Gabe (and us) since the beginning.