Day 5

Mason continues to make progress and is kicking butt! They took him off his CPAP today! He still has a tube in his nose that is giving him oxygen, but he'll slowly be weaned off of that, too. They also upped his feedings to 20 ml. We're hoping within the next day or two they'll let me start feeding him. He's still receiving his feedings through a tube in his nose. His jaundice is under control, so they took the light away this afternoon. So, a lot of progress was made today!

We both got to hold him this afternoon and I got to do kangaroo care again! I can't wait until some more wires are gone so it'll be easier to hold him whenever we want.

The nurse tonight said that we can bring clothes in for him soon so we can regulate his temperature. Jeffrey is sharing some of his clothes with Mason, so we have a couple clean outfits up here! (Thanks for washing them, Jenny!)

Richard and I are doing good. We stayed in is room most of the day today, so we'll probably venture around the hospital tomorrow and get a good walk in.

All of your prayers are working, so keep it up! =) We're looking forward to bringing our little guy home soon!