Not Much To Report

That pretty much says it all.

Jacob's continuing to improve. He's still on oxygen support, although we think the fluid in his lungs is nearly completely gone. What caused the concern is that his oxygen levels would bounce if he got really active and immediately after he ate. Through the bouncing, though, he would maintain a good pink color (no turning blue or anything like that).

He's been out of his heated bed since yesterday, and continues to keep his body temperature up in the normal range. They've gone to feeding him every other time with the bottle. They've increased his food amount. When he first started bottle feeding last week he would take only 6 cc's of milk. When we left him today, he was up to 35. Just so you know, 30 cc's equals 1 ounce. Basically, right now, he's eating a little over an ounce of food every three hours.

His weight dropped a little, but that was because of the medicine they gave him to get the fluid out of his lungs. The medicine is meant to dehydrate him so that his body will pull the fluid from his little lungs itself. In doing so, however, he lost some water weight.

There's still some really good hope that he'll be home by Christmas. This week's attending physician (they switch the lead doctor weekly) seemed pretty positive today. "He's doing really well," she said, "and there's still 10 days before Christmas."

So, we keep praying, we know you keep praying for him and us. Thank you all so much for that.