Three Weeks

Today is the boys' three week birthday. They're both doing well, and Matthew reached another milestone today -- they took him off his IV fluids, so he'll be getting all his nutrition from feeds (milk plus fortifier for extra calories). Hooray!

James has one more day of bowel rest, and then they're going to start him back on a very small amount of milk on Saturday. This is a good thing (after all, he has to eat sometime!), but we're also a little nervous about it because we don't want the infection (NEC) to come back. So, keep your fingers crossed! He's looking really good -- we think he's pinker than he's ever been (he's always been a little on the pale side), and he had another good day of weight gain.

We found out today that James's primary nurse got her degree from the University of Florida -- so some of you will be happy to know that he's being taken care of by a Gator fan! (This assumes, of course, that you too are a Gator fan. Although nurse J. is great, I am not sure that her unfortunate choice of SEC football fandom is cause for rejoicing -- Mike.)

[The photo is a view of the hospital from the hospital parking garage.]