More pictures...

Only time to jot down a little news and post a few photos today. Micah's up to 11 pounds and small change. He's generally giving us at least one stretch of 3-4 hours' sleep per day, the kindly soul. A recent eye-exam didn't tell us anything conclusive about his prospects for vision over the long run, but it did alert us to the fact that his optic nerves are something like 50% as thick as they ought to be. We're working with Micah's physical therapists to exercise his eye-muscles along with his others.

More later!

Micah's first month at home

Melissa's better qualified than I to talk about Micah's medical matters right now: work has been hectic for me, and I haven't been home as much as I'd like. I'll say just a few things about The Life of Micah in General and post a few pictures, though.

He's eating very well. He pulled his own nose-feeding tube two days after coming home. We'd been trained on how to reinstall it, but he hasn't needed it: he's bottle-fed like a champ. I think Melissa has enjoyed the flexibility and (relative) freedom that have come along with having a bottle-fed baby. She can run errands, go out of town for the day, and even sleep at night a little every now and then and (apologies to Greyhound) "leave the feeding to Dad."

His need for oxygen support seems to be tailing off a bit. We brought him home on a constant flow of 1/16th of a liter of oxygen per hour. As needed, we'd tweak him up to a 1/8th liter flow. Now, we can set him at 1/32nd and leave him there for the most part, jumping up to 1/16th only when he's mad or refluxing (or, as usually is the case, both at once).

His brothers love to hold him (see the pictures below).

I'd best get back to work. Melissa will write more later...