Saturday snuggles

Troy and I spent this morning with Max. I fed him him 9am bottle and we snuggled and burped for more than 2 hours. That boy is seriously gassy!

He had to go back on his nasal oxygen for a couple of hours overnight, but it was a short situation. I honestly think it had to do with the burping as well. If he doesn't get those bubble out, he just can't get big enough breaths.

Today, he was a good eater, finished his 3 am bottle and almost all of his 9am and and 3pm bottles as well. Esther (the night nurse) is feeding his 9pm bottle now, so we'll see how that goes.

As of last night he was up to 7 lbs 5 ozs. He's growing so fast and doing so well, it seems a shame to take a few steps back for surgery this week, but it will help him in the long-run to get home and be DONE with his hospital experience, we hope.

He will have a barium enema again Monday. Still not sure what time on that. Surgery is Tuesday afternoon at 3. Troy and I will be with him for the day. They'll sedate him around noon and put him back on the ventilator. It should be several hours after surgery before he regains consciousness and is strong enough after the paralyzing anesthesia to come back off the vent and breathe on his own. Hopefully, it will be a short stay on that front.

We'll keep you updated on how things are going. Thanks to everyone for the thoughts and prayers!