Its Jon again. Ethan is coming up on his 1 month birthday on Sunday and he's throwing a party in his incubator. The party is BYOB (bring your own bottle) and you must be less than 15" tall to attend. Please RSVP with his nurse Tracey, pod 1087D, Northwestern NICU.
Ethan continues to make progress. His weight today is 1070 grams, or 2 pounds and 5.7 ounces, that's a 20 gram increase from yesterday. Nicole and I split up the day and she went to the hospital during the day and left around 5. When I arrived at his pod around 6pm, in true Ethan style, he was passed out on his stomach with his arms spread wide, taking up the entire the bed. I have no idea where he gets this from, I swear I've never done that, really, I swear.
For today's medical update, Ethan has a shiny new breathing machine that makes bubbly noises. The nurse told me that the new machine outputs less volume of air, meaning Ethan is one step closer to breathing on his own. We are hoping that in the next few days, Ethan can be free of the breathing aids and we'll have many more pictures of his cute face. His drops in breathing are becoming fewer and fewer, which is probably making the nurses happy since they seem to be running wild taking care of all of the other babies in our unit. Since we've arrived at the NICU, we have a whole new group of babies around us.
In other news, Auntie Michelle stopped by for a visit. Nicole and I know how much she loves Ethan and we're still trying to figure out how to get Michelle her own pass to visit Ethan, so far, no luck.
All in all, Ethan is doing great. Tomorrow they will perform more tests to check on his kidney. For all of you that have sent emails or left a voice mail wishing us well, we appreciate your thoughts and we apologize for not calling back yet. Things are a little hectic.
So Happy to hear of Ethan's progress. He looks so sweet. He will be running around chasing Otis in no time. Keep up the good work.
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