Good News!

We stopped by the doctor's office this week so that we could weigh Nathan. We needed to find out how much he weighs so that we know how much of the Synergis vaccine to buy for this month's injection. This will be the third month for the injection which is to prevent respiratory infections in premature babies and babies like Nathan with pulmonary problems. The plan is to give him a fourth and final injection next month.

Nathan now weighs 13 lbs. 4 oz.! The doctor was very pleased with this. It also means that we now need to buy two full vials of the vaccine (at $861 per vial! hard to believe).

And they also checked Nathan's saturation level in his blood among other things. I have been disconnecting him from the oxygen tank for about 2 - 3 hours at a time during the day. Well, his levels were so good that they told us that we can now keep him off of oxygen during the day. We only need to keep him connected while he is sleeping during the night! We are so excited about this news! And Nathan is too, I'm sure, because it means he doesn't have to have that tube around his head and stuck in his nose and the messy tape trying to keep it all in place!

So we are glad about this good news, knowing that things are progressing for the better! Thank you all for praying! We have so felt the love of God's people during this time. We are truly blessed.

We will still have the ultrasound scheduled for the end of April to find out if the duct in Nathan's lung is closing or not. Please continue to pray about that.