Progressions

Since arriving on Thursday at ACH, Carsten has steadily progressed. He was first in an open "pod" with six different babies. But because of his improving condition and the potential for Kari to spend more time breastfeeding with privacy, he was placed in a multi-purpose room on Friday where we can stay with him! A TREMENDOUS BLESSING! We can't express how thankful and how undeserving we are to have this room. There aren't many of them in the NICU.

Of particular concern is his oxygen intake. That has not seen significant improvement yet. And while the doctors try to determine if it is due to his lungs or heart, they are monitoring his jaundice (more on that later) and so many other things like the weight of his diapers due to the content in them. :) I am really hoping that is not required when we go home.

Something we are most pleased with is his ability to feed. While he is not yet totally breastfeeding, he is able to do that and bottlefeed. Hopefully, we can do away with the bottlefeeding soon.

Still no dates/timeframes on when we would be able to take him home. At the earliest, we guess next Wednesday.

More to follow about his first outfit and tanning.