Monday evening, February 14th

Well, good and not so good news from our visit today. The good news is so far Dinky is tolerating his feedings which means I have to make this short so I can get upstairs and make some "food" for him! They just increased his feedings to 2 mL every 3 hours so we'll see how he does with that. The not so good news is his lung functioning. His vent setting is up to 45 mainly because of the collapsed lung. Poor thing. The doctor is generally pleased with everything but they are a little befuddled by the "mechanics" of his lung functioning. In general he seems to be doing well but he is so sensitive to any movement or anything being done to him that he has frequent episodes of apnea and bradycardia but there aren't any solid medical reasons for it. Obviously one problem is that his lungs collapse easily but when they are inflated he still has these problems even though the general condition of his lungs is good. He has some scarring but not a lot. The 2 times I was in the hospital with preterm labor they gave me a steroid that speeds up his lung functioning so hopefully that has paid off. Hopefully tomorrow will bring only good news. Thank you again for all of your support. Happy Valentine's Day!