Check this great pic of Greyson out! OK this is just to give you a perspective. This ones of me (obviously). Check the next e-mail for a pic of Greyson next to the same stuffed animal. For those that don’t know this is the first present Greyson received. I bought it for him right after I found out Stacy was pregnant.
Greyson continues to require extra oxygen and continues to go up and down on his stats. They keep telling us this is normal and just a part of the developing Chronic Lung Disease. Your lungs continue to grow until you are 8 Years Old so the hope is that he gets off the vent before the lungs get damaged to severly. Then as they grow there is more good lung tissue than bad and they don’t have problems later. We don’t care for this, but it is just a part of the premie process.
Tomorrow is Halloween and Greyson has an interesting costume. Make sure you check your e-mail for the pics. He’s not trick or treating for candy this year as he can’t eat anything, but he’s dressing up just the same!
He was really well behaved today even though it took us a long time to do his care. We weighed him and measured his length and head diameter. The good news is he is really growing! He actually is on the growth chart in every area now. He is at the bottom but at least he is between the lines of normal. We are proud of him since these lines represent normal growth in the womb, and he is having to work much harder than a normal baby to grow. I forget the exact head number, but his length is now 13 3/4 inches! That is 1& 1/4″ longer than when he was born!
Ok that’s it for tonight. Make sure you check the next e-mail to see a pic of Greyson (he is WAY better looking than his dad!)