An Over-Exciting Day

Jacob had a big day yesterday. Some family was alowed in to see him, and he pooped!

He had pooped a couple of times early in his hospital stay, but hadn't dumped for about a week. Yesterday, the nurse described it as "explosive." Good for him. He got that from mommy!

He had some visitors from Lesley's family. Right now, family is really all that is allowed in to see him. A lot of folks have asked if they could stop by for a visit. One of the things that they told us about premies is that they're really not supposed to be over-stimulated. A lot of handling and oohing and aahing will zap their energy.

So all that was going on yesterday with his visitors, but he hung on a like a champ. As soon as we can, we will let people know when they can come and see him. It might be when he gets home, in which case we'll be inviting people over for dinner.

They have reduced his bottle feeds to one a day, which is a minor set-back from how he was doing. Again, they said that's not all that uncommon. Before they feed him, they pull the food contents from his stomach up through the tube running down his nose, just to see how much of it he has digested. We need him to digest a little more, but he's actually doing pretty good.

Thanks for the prayers. They really are working. Please keep them up so we can have a special present under the tree Christmas morning.