More exciting news!

We hope all of you had a wonderful Thanksgiving yesterday. We have very good news today!

Preston and Liz got to give Kellen his first bath in water last night. Kellen certainly showed us he has really good lungs (screaming his indignation that no one saved him from the unpleasant experience) but did great. He was so precious and the Bunch part of his family got to be here to watch the experience. Then, Preston and Liz gave Carson a sponge bath and Carson did really well. Liz also did physical therapy for Carson before the bath and he did great. The prayers for loosening his muscles in his neck have been answered. Carson is getting his neck almost all the way over to the right which he was unable to do a few days ago!

This morning Carson's weight was about 4 lbs 6 or 7 oz and Kellen's was 4 lbs 10 oz. They both are doing well. Kellen continues to do well with his feeds and just needs a little more strength to get it all down from a bottle. Carson still gets agitated at times, but is doing much better from that standpoint. They have stopped his Fentanyl (pain med) and he only gets it if he has an episode where it appears from his vital signs that he is having pain. He has only gotten one dose since yesterday morning. He also continues to be weaned from his ventilator and is getting closer to the day when he won't need it any longer. They think in the next week or two, he will come off his ventilator. Carson is getting 4 mL of breast milk every hour and has tolerated that well. He is pooping a little more so we are really happy with that! They believe once he gets closer to full feeds all of his body systems will function better. Also, Preston was able to hold his firstborn son today for the first time. YEAH!!!

We are just so thankful for such positive news on Thanksgiving weekend. Thank you to all of you for your prayers and support. We pray for a blessed weekend for you. In addition, we might add... GO Logan-Rogersville at the state football championships tomorrow!  :)

Please continue to pray for healing for Carson in his ability to swallow, protect his airway, breathe on his own, and have protection from infection. They have noted more immature white blood cells and were a little concerned about infection. They drew blood cultures and we will be watching, but so far so good.

Posted by Sarah

Preston holding Carson for the first time!