Days 8 & 9 - October 20-21, 2013

Another little foot picture, I am kinda obsessed with them!!
Logan is officially 33 weeks old as of today!  We are still making little progress every day which is reassuring.  Yesterday Logan got his second bath and they weighed him again.  He is now weighing in at 3 pounds 14.5 ounces, which is up 7.5 ounces from last Wednesday and 11.5 since birth!!  He still has some stuff on him which might skew the total a bit but I think its a good comparison from Wednesday to now...7.5 oz sound good to me!!  

 He is still being sat up in his "lazy boy" and when I got to the hospital today he looked like a little buddha!  I guess he doesn't stay up very well so he kinda melts down into himself and just looks like this tiny fat baby...pretty funny looking but not sure how comfortable it is for him.  They repositioned him a bit but he is still up pretty high, hopefully it is helping with his eye and his head though.  

 His oxygen went back a little bit and they had to up the requirement today from 21% which is what we breath and he had been at for a while to 27% as of the last time we talked to him.  When we just called the nurse said that the cardiologist had just finished up and when I asked about the PDA she said he believed it was closed now.  She didn't seem to have much information to share and said the doctor would talk to us tomorrow more about it so I will have more updates on that soon.  

 Other than that, things are pretty stable, I am trying to rest up and get back to normal, still having some pain but hoping that will subside soon...

 One more day down and one day closer to him coming home!!

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  1. UnknownOctober 22, 2013 at 11:14 AM

    Logan's journey and his updates encouraged me to attempt to donate platelets today. Although the machine and my veins did not want to cooperate, the effort was there. I will stick to donating whole blood in the future. :-) In addition to the prayers and love being sent to Chris, Melissa and Logan, if you are able to donate blood, this lil man is a good reminder that every donation can help!

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