OK so I’m mean but you’re not getting any new pics till tomorrow. That’s just the way it is! Today we talked to the Neonatologist while we were in Tacoma about the whole heart thing and learned more about it. Basically it is a blood vessel, not a valve. It causes all kinds of problems when it is open because the heart tries to pump blood in two directions. They will go another day or two seeing how he does and if it doesn’t close on its own they will give him some medicine (motrin) which sometimes stimulates the body to close off the vessel and then it scars over so it can’t open again. If neither of these options work, they will do surgery to clamp the vesel closed. It is not open heart surgery, and in their world falls under the more routine type of surgeries. Obviously it would be much better if it closed on its own.
They started giving Greyson a little bit of food today. Not really food but initial breast milk stuff. They give him only a tiny amount and then see how he does with it. As of the time we left it looked like his stomach was processing it which is good, next comes the intestines and bowel. This needs to begin working as well and is a source of infection/problems that can be very serious if things aren’t working right.
Well that’s all for now. Pray for his digestion system to start up ok and for his little heart artery to close up. We are not going over tomorrow but will call and get updates throughout the day. We felt it would be better to take a day and allow Stacy to rest more, as well as get a couple things down in town that we really need to get a jump on. (adding Greyson to our insurance, which needs to be done right away since he is a premie, and stuff like that). Thanks for your e-mails and prayers, they both mean a lot to the three of us.