Saturday, September 10, 2005


Today is the four month anniversary of Matthew�s birth. We have come quite a distance from his premature birth, to his diagnosis, getting him strong enough for surgery, the nine hour procedure, and his continuing recovery. The uneventful day was a good omen as we pass this four month milestone. Matthew is continuing to tolerate his feeds well. He is up to 36ml of formula every two hours and consistently has less than 1ml of �drawback�. His overnight nurse Pamela was unhappy with the look of his skin around his Internal Jugular IV line so she advocated for and won its� removal. His neck is still red but they are putting an ointment on the area and the dry, open air will help subdue any inflammation. The semi-sweet-secret stash of chocolates continues to attract our favorite visitors. Annie, Raji, and Dr. Chan all popped in to visit and made off with something delectable.
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4 comments:

Grandma Sue said...

That darling smile did come through. He was teasing all day. As soon as Daddy flashed the camera, he would stop smiling. What a character he is becoming.

Grandma Sue

Anonymous said...

These smiling pictures are so great! You can tell that Matthew has a lot of personality. What a cutie!

I had a nice visit with Terri yesterday and we are sending lots of love your direction.

Jennifer Tenby

Anonymous said...

Thanks Jennifer!
I loved seeing you ... and sending love back atcha ~ can't wait to get home to do some "Starbuck's Mornings" again!
Terri

Anonymous said...

Matthew loves his very special cardiologist Dr. Gary Mayman in Las Vegas ... Dr. Gary calls and checks on Matthew all the time and is trying to help get him back to Las Vegas. Matthew's neonatologist from Sunrise Hospital, Dr. Phillip Riedel calls at least three to four times a week to check on Matthew, also. What a lucky little baby to have such caring people in his life.