Well I know I didn’t get an update out today, but here is a brief recap. Greyson had his first blood transfusion today. He seems to have handled it really well. He is now off his dopamine completely (drug to help regulate blood pressure) and as of tonight his other blood pressure drug has been reduced in half. He is down to two antibiotics (from four) as they know exactly what bacteria they are working with and what antibiotics can best attack it. He had one of his lines taken out tonight because apparently it was deemed they didn’t need it. Basically he continues to do really well. His greatest need right now is to gain weight. It is normal to lose some weight after birth for all babies, but he doesn’t have much to lose so we would really like to see that number begin to creep up. The nurse did say that with the blood transfusion he was given some medicine that might make him pee more, so that could be part of why his weight is where it is. I have lost track of what pictures I have sent and which I haven’t so we are going to work tomorrow on setting up a snapfish account and uploading all the pictures to it. From there you all can view them, and print which ones you want.
Stacy is doing well. She got a bit light headed at the hospital before we left to come home. She had been up adn walking quite a bit and we had just went to lunch (outside the hospital) so I think she just did a lot more than she realized before her body told her it was time to take a break. Once we got home she settled in and we both ended up taking an hour nap. She looks pretty good tonight. It is amazing to see how much she improves every day.
Tomorrow we will be going in to the hospital for the noon and 4PM care sessions. That should allow us time to sleep in (hopefully we will be able to) so I will probably not send an update until we get home tomorrow night. I think that is about it for now, we love you all.
Bob—for the three of us.