Feed Time!!!

Just another update from today...

Little Ben is doing so well!!!

Yesterday we were there when they did "cares" (removing the CPAP mask and massaging his head, etc.) and you would have chuckled as he just loved the caresses--much like a puppy who is enjoying a good scratch behind the ear. That CPAP is really allowing him to rest and put on the pounds (grams, actually :); he is already over 1 kg (1040 grams this morning and 1010 yesterday and 992 the day before; 30 g ~~ 1 oz), he weighed in at 990 grams at birth.

Not only is he resting and bulking up, there is nothing left in his stomach by the time he eats again--a very good thing. So they have him on 6 cc (also 6 ml and just over a teaspoon) of milk every three hours, but every twelve hours they will increase the meal by one cc. At that rate he'll be at the 'normal' "biggie-sized" meal of 21cc in about 7 days. Of course he'll be bigger then, so he'll just have to keep increasing (probably won't stop until he hits 30, eh? That's 30 years...).

Anywho, we just couldn't feel any better about this whole situation.

We know from whence the blessings come and you all have been part with every prayer. Thank you for your help. When folks ask what they can do, for the moment I say, "rest for now and just pray... The time is coming that I'll have the children at home, that is when we'll need the most help!" No, I am not afraid of being alone with my own children--quite the contrary, I cannot wait to be with them. I am more nervous about trying to balance them and work and trips to Boise...

BTW, please pray for my sister who has her five and my five all at once!!! Thanks Auntie Nin. Oh, and that pink-eye doesn't spread!!!!! :)