Ding dong the IV is gone

Finally, the darn IV is OUT! I am so happy. No more sticking my baby all the time and it is much easier to get him in and out of the isolette without the IV tubes. Oh, happy day. Finn is doing very good on his oxygen, too. Every so often, he de-sats and his oxygen levels and sometimes his heart rate go down and bounce around for a while, but he is usually able to pull it back up on his own. When we got there today, he only had one prong of the cannula in his nose and he was fine. I guess we are that much closer to not needing oxygen (I'm getting ahead of myself, but I don't care!).

They spoke again today about him going to the ICC. No concrete date and no order has been written, but if he doesn't have any set backs, it shouldn't be long now. We are being careful not to mention it to Finn since he seems to want to stay in the NICU so badly!

Here is an picture of the little guy from our visit today. He is wearing the cuddly hat that auntie Kelsie made him:He was sticking out his tongue...naughty boy! Daddy got to take Finn's temperature and change his diaper...no poopy diaper for daddy! Darn it, mommy was hoping! But Finn has been very regular and surprised his nurse last night at the amount he is able to get out. Keep it up little boy.

Three things I'm grateful for: being able to only have to get up once during the night to pump (yeah, sleep!), all of our wonderful visitors who have come to see Finn (makes us see how much our little boy is loved!) and that Jim and I can (in a very small way) help our friends Becky and Ben as they embark on their journey in the Garden at Abbott (keep growing those wonderful babies, Bec!).