Merry Christmas to all.....

This was obviously Jack's first Christmas. Sadly he didn't get to spend it opening presents or watching them being opened. He did, however, receive many wonderful gifts from friends and family. He will get to see them when he comes home. Jack did well overnight. Well enough that they took him off of the CPAP machine and he is now on high flow oxygen through a nasal canula. The doctors increased his feeding again, now up to 23 ml of fortified milk. It must be paying off because he gained another 10 g overnight (now 2 lbs 7 oz). He still doesn't care much for laying on his back, but he is starting to tolerate it more which is good because we don't want him to have what the nurses call toaster head (a skinny narrow head from only laying on the sides of his head).

Mary got to do about another 30 minutes of kangaroo time before I sang some silly Christmas song, made Mary laugh and startle Jack. So he went back inside his isolette to sleep. Also, this fortified milk is making Jack have big smelly poops. We are happy with, as the doctor put it, slow and steady improvement.