Day 76

We've had a pretty good weekend. I guess you could say that Kanyon made another big step. He is now in intermediate care. That means he moved into a different room in the NICU unit. Honestly, we were a little sad because we were so used to those nurses, that room, and basically I'm a creature of habit, so changes throw me off. BUT..we know its "one step closer to the door home" so for that we are so thankful. Plus, we have learned that it's some of the same nurses during the day so we still see familiar faces. And we are enjoying meeting new nurses at night.

Kanyon is still off his oxygen and only getting a little boost of air when he needs it (which we're hoping is getting to be less and less often). As of today, he weighs 4lbs. 9oz. WOW! This new intermediate room that he's in has a window so people can look in and see the babies. Saturday, I was standing out there looking in while my mom in dad were in there holding him. These 2 ladies walked up and were looking at the babies. When they saw Kanyon, they said, "Oh, look at that little one over there. He's tiny!" I wanted to say "TINY??? You think that's TINY?? He's HUGE!!!!!!!!!!" But I just stood there and grinned because they thought he was cute.

As of tonight Kanyon is back on antibiotics. They did another urine culture just to check since he's had those 2 UTI's. He is "growing something else" so they are going to treat that. His Dr. is going to talk to a specialist and see if they can't figure out what's causing it. They have a couple of possibilities....some more complicated than others. Hopefully they can talk and figure it out. The good thing is is that Kanyon doesn't seem to feel bad, so it was a good thing they did the culture "just in case". Maybe that saved him from having to get sick enough to start showing symptoms before they figured it out. So, we will continue to pray for his bladder/kidneys.

Our Dr. here talked to the neurosurgeon in Dallas and he is still happy with the temporary shunt that Kanyon has. His ventricles are decreasing, so this shunt is working. We are still praying that it continues to work and that the obstruction that is causing the problem will resolve so we don't have to do a permanent shunt later.

The "H" word got mentioned this weekend (HOME). Dr. says we're "on schedule" so we might be going home by due date (ish) July 7. Of course there are lots of factors there, but that is the first time they've even talked about it! Now we can start praying that we know what to do with a baby once he's home!!!

As for feeding, Kanyon has a new record (other than the first time when he was unbelievable and took the whole thing)....today he took 32 out of 42 cc's from his bottle!!! Hopefully he's catching on.

Well, I guess this was kind of a boring, "medically" (yes, I make up words) update, but I CAN'T POST PICTURES EVERY TIME OK!!!! Thank you for your prayers. Keep them going. Your prayers are not only blessing Kanyon's health, but they sure have brought peace and encouragement to me and Kory.