This morning's x-ray showed more growth in the lungs, and that is absolutely wonderful. He is doing very good with his lung growth and we couldn't be any happier about that. He also, as I mentioned yesterday, got his first meal through a feeding tube. He did alright with it, but this morning they found a little bit of brown substance in his belly. They believe that is was blood, ut they think it could have been from all of the tube being inserted and removed from him. As a result, they only allowed him a teaspoon of formula, four times today. He did however take it from a bottle, and that is wonderful. If there is no further evidence of blood tomorrow, they are planning on upping the quantity of formula.
And despite how good all of this news is, the best news of the day was that Jayme and I both got the chance to hold our little guy today. Jayme held him for a few hours in the middle of the day, and she got to feed him. Then I had my chance to do the same after work this evening. It was really a special moment for each of us.
The doctors tell us they love the improvements he has made, and they still expect that we will be able to get him home on Monday. We are all very excited, but we are trying to remember that things can change on a dime, so we are trying not to get too excited just yet.
That is all for tonight folks. We are all very excited, and Jayme, Loryn and my mom are all already asleep. Momentarily, I will be joining their ranks. Thanks again for all of your wonderful words. The emails we get in response to these posts have been very appreciate by all of us. Thanks again, and I will send out another update tomorrow.
Eric, Jayme, and Loryn Steinbach
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