Keep on Keeping On

James is still stable. His blood chemistry has been looking good, they've been moving down on his ventilator settings (weaning him off of it), and he's not sedated. (The first 48-72 hours are the most critical period, and we're now a bit past 48 hours.) To us, he looked better today than yesterday. They're only doing X-rays every 24 hours now unless something changes (that is, he shows outward signs of getting worse), so the next one is tomorrow morning.

Matthew is doing well. In fact, he's keeping his temperature so well in the isolette that he was in a onesie today (under his "burrito" swaddle, shown here), instead of footed pajamas, so he wouldn't get too warm. Apparently he's on the borderline of being able to move into an open crib, but we'd rather have him stay in the isolette for a while -- it's a little quieter in there, and he's probably able to get better rest that way. Also, there's no need for him to burn extra calories keeping warm at this point. (He keeps chugging along with the weight gain, and is now at 1690 grams, or about 3 pounds, 11 ounces. James is at 1633 grams, or 3 lbs, 9 oz, although that may be inflated a little because they gave him some extra fluids the other day.)