One Day at a Time

Hunter got his echo cardiogram last night. The test turned up negative for PDA, which means he doesn't have a defective heart and everything sealed up correctly when he was born. On the other hand, that doesn't give us an easy solution to why he stopped breathing on his own.

Either way though, he's stable now, he's moving around, and he is also initiating some of his breathing which is a big improvement over yesterday.

Dr. Uses-Big-Words says that he is doing well and sometimes preemies take a few days for their bodies to realize that they're premature and not ready to be acting as they should. I guess that makes sense, the little guy must've worn himself out trying to be a big boy.

He is very squirmy today and stretching his little arms and legs a lot. Mommy and I think we saw him crying, or at least trying to. He scrunched his face up in a very fussy manner and tried his best but couldn't get a cry out through that darn tube.

More good news. Right about now they should be feeding him milk again so hopefully we'll soon be able to put this first little speed bump behind us. I'm sure there will be many more, but he is in good hands and we have many wonderful people supporting us. Thank you.