Jay's doing well so far on the CPAP. They say the EKG looks good but his heart rate was all over the place. Yet he was at 21% which is room air and his stats were perfect for the CPAP. Go figure. They are doing a blood panel at 3am this morning to see if maybe he just needs more calcium or potassium. I hope it's something simple like that.

Jay got moved into bigger diapers today too. He had a lot done for his big 6 week b'day! His gestational age is 31 weeks.

Since he was so used to having the tube he got into the habit of sucking on it. So he got a little pacifier today and he used it like a pro. I took a video of that. You can see the CPAP in the video. It covers his nose and head and looks pretty constrictive but it's truly got to feel better than having that tube down his throat. They were suctioning his nose and I got a picture of his whole face. This is the first time I've gotten to see him without all of the gadgets. I also heard him cry tonight. Jay has the sweetest little cry. It's the first time I heard him since the day he was born when I heard a little something when they took him away to the NICU. All this time we couldn't hear him because of the tube. Now he can make all the noise he wants to.

Video of Pacifier

Video of CPAP


BIG YAWN!!!