One Week Old!! - October 19, 2013

Our lil man is One Week Old!!
One week down and one week closer to Logan coming home!!  I can't believe that it has been a week, it seems like it has been a year but I am just so glad that he has been making such great progress every day.  Today was no different, when we talked to the nurses they said that everything was going well, pretty uneventful which at this point we will take as a good sign.  The big news today was that we got his updated bilirubin score (which determines his jaundice) and it is low enough now that our lil man can finally get out from under the tanning bed!!  He had previously had it on him 24 hours a day and it was pretty noisy as well, now he just gets to hang out in his super quiet bed with a blanket over the top so it will be nice and dark, sure seems more comfortable to me!

 Due to the medicine they use to try and close off the PDA, Logan needed to get some more platelets.  I guess there is a shortage right now so we had to wait most of the day for them to come in but he was able to finally get some tonight and they were able to continue with his second dose of medicine.  He will get one more tomorrow and then the cardiologist will be in on Monday to see how he is doing.  Fingers crossed it works, it will be the first big step to getting the tube out of his throat and him in our arms...I can't wait!!!  

 As I may have mentioned they have slowed down on the sedation medication so when we saw him today he was super active and had quite the grip...he didn't want to let go of my finger the whole time we were there!  
Logan holding Mommy's Finger!
I am doing ok, spent most of the day laying down or sleeping besides going to see Logan.  For some reason this second surgery was more painful than birth and the first and it seems like every muscle in my body hurts.  I am taking some pain pills which help but just so ready to finally be back to normal.  Hopefully if I take it easy this week by next weekend things will be looking up.  

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

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