We saw the little face a bit better today, less cluttered by medical apparatus. The respirator feed has been downscaled to a small pipe that supplements the oxygen supply and adds a little pressure.He is largely breathing on his own and while they don't expect that this change will be permanent, it is another step.
More importantly we can see his features more clearly, see who he is. This is an important step for us. We can feel like we know him more and better.
He responds to us. He reacts to our voices and opens his eyes as response. Not really seeing eyes, they are a gesture of recognition. We feel.
As we walked into the ICU we were looking at the pictures of all the prem babies (before and afters) and had the distinct sense that the little piggy nose with tube flared nostrils is indeed permanent, despite the assurance from the nurse that when he is twenty he will not have a piggy nose.
We also decide that he has a distinct touch of the Komen in his features. High cheekbones, but the chin definitely is a legacy of his grandpa Benington.
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and, he weighed in at 990g on Sunday, but then only 960 today. Sister Nicki Haydn told me she wasn't surprised since he had made so many super-sized poos!
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