Not better, not worse

Not much new today (but don't worry, I'll find something to talk about!). I spoke with the doctor this morning and she basically said Finn hadn't improved but wasn't worse either. Good news, I guess?!?! They took his Art line out of his foot today. One less tube/wire. One down, about 50 to go! Ha, ha. They also took him off the antibiotics, as his tests and cultures came back fine.

When I was there this afternoon, his nurse said that Finn hadn't had any spells for her all day. I thought that was really good news. He was in the low 30's for oxygen most of the time I was there today. Again, good news. He was swinging a lot on his oxygen saturation levels, but his nurse wasn't too concerned (other than having to come over and keep adjusting his oxygen!). If he continues over night like he is, we should be able to hold him tomorrow! It has been a week and a half. He was awake on and off almost the whole time I was there. I loved that. I don't get to see his huge eyes very often. Of course, I didn't bring my camera today to capture it for all of you. Sorry!

Oh, and our baby weighs 2 lbs 5 oz! It seemed he had gained some weight over the last week, but we weren't sure if it was weight or fluid. He doesn't seem to have any extra fluid right now, so I feel comfortable mentioning his weight. 2 lbs 5 oz seems so big! Maybe it is partly due to the fact that he is up to 2.4 ml/hr of my milk (increasing 0.2 every 12 hours). He is a good eater (I would expect nothing less from my son!). I'm pumping so much now that they asked me to not combine it into one bottle any more. Yikes! I'm going to go through bottles like crazy. I'd rather have too much milk than not enough, so I'm definitely NOT complaining.

On a personal note, our refrigerator is dying. It isn't dead yet, but almost. A service man came to look at it yesterday and said it was the compressor (which costs $500 to replace) and it was only working at about 40%. Boo, hoo. That means another unplanned large expense. But on the bright side, we can buy a bigger fridge! Ours is a little small for three adults, one child and Finn's milk bottles! Jim is taking lead on this search, so I'm just along for the ride...and to pay the bill (and keep him from spending $3,000)!