Micah

Micah was just transfered to Primary Childrens hospital from St Marks. He has some ventricles in his head that are swelling so he needed to be seen by a neurologist to see about putting in a temporary shunt to relieve the pressure. This is actually a common problem for preemie babies. When he got up there they also found that he had an infection that had started to show it's nasty head right before he left St Marks. It's pretty bad and is apparently in his digestive system so he's not being fed my breast milk anymore to give his little tummy a break. The ultrasound today showed that his little tummy is looking better but his white blood count is abnormal which is to be expected with and infection. He's on antibiotics and pain meds because they say it's pretty painful. If he has to have to surgery for the shunt they won't do it until the infection clears up. Micah is a lot more laid back than Mattea so he's not as grumpy or vocal about everything going on with him.

Micah boy LOVES his tummy time. He breaths on his own better and is a good boy.

I love to kiss my little guy as often as I can. He's usually in his little bubble so I get excited when I don't have to look at him through plastic.

Seeing us holding him just helps put into perspective how small he is.

He likes to stretch out and relax. He stretched his legs out really long and doesn't like to have his feet tucked in next to his body.

He likes to wink. It's not very often we see him with both eyes open.