Life in the NICU

Sorry it has taken me so long to get an update...we have been a bit preoccupied!

Here is the latest news...

*Davis' intestines have begun working!!! (This is great news and exactly what we want but it can be pretty uncomfortable for him)

*His stomach drainage tube (the one coming out of his nose) was removed yesterday!!!

*He was able to eat for the first time last night (he is starting at 5ml every 3 hours and working up from there....it is a VERY tiny amount but it is a start!)

*He is wearing clothes now

*His incision is healing very well and it does not appear to have any complications

*He weighs 6lbs 7oz

*The doctors are EXTREMELY pleased (and surprised) with how well he is doing...God is good! Thank you for your prayers, they are working!

*Please pray that he can tolerate his feedings and keep moving forward. Also please pray that his pain will be as minimal as possible!!!

A few more pictures...

A GREAT Morning!!!

The ventilator came out this morning (as well as several other tubes)!!!! It was wonderful to here him cry for the first time...and it turns out he loves his pacifier!

I got to hold him for the very first time at around 9am this morning!

One day old...

Meet Davis!

Davis Blaine Glaser

Born November 18th, 2009 at 7:12pm
5lbs 12oz

After less than 8 minutes of pushing Davis arrived!

Davis had surgery immediately after he was born to repair the defect. The surgeon was able to put all of his intestines and his bladder back into his body during that time. He is breathing good on his own so he will most likely come off the ventilator today. The NICU nurse told us this morning that he was a very"Spunky" little boy!!! I will post more pictures VERY soon! Thank you for your prayers!

Game Time!

I am being induced right now! Please pray for a safe arrival for Davis, he will be here very soon!

Pictures coming soon!!!!

He is getting BIG!

Our appointment on Tuesday went really well. Here are the highlights....

• Davis weighs 5lbs 2oz!!!
• He is still practicing his breathing
• His intestines are still really dilated but his bladder is not getting worse
• The doctors are still hoping that we can make it to the 23rd... Since he has to have surgery when he is born they want him as big and strong as possible.
• He had the hiccups during our fetal monitoring so we got to listen to his tiny hiccups..pretty cute!

Only 12 days (or less) to go!!!!

Thursday...

I got my H1N1 flu shot on Thursday!

Also on Thursday I had my fetal monitoring appointment. Normally it takes about 20-30 minutes and Davis' heart rate has several accelerations (which is what they want and are watching for). This time I was hooked up for over an hour and he was not having accelerations. Also I was having contractions and it showed his heart rate would drop a bit with the contractions. This was not a good sign so they did an ultrasound to check his movement. Things looked ok on the ultrasound so they cleared me to go home since I will be back on Tuesday for my next appointment.

I want Davis to wait as long as he can to arrive but I am sure getting anxious! It is pretty hard to emotionally bounce back and forth at each appointment.

If all of this is any indication of how Davis will behave once he is born I think Brian and I will really have our hands full...he sure keeps us on our toes!!!

Your prayers are working!

We had our latest appointment yesterday and I need to just start off by saying THANK YOU for your prayers...they are working!!!

The ultrasound showed that Davis' intestines have remained in the same condition and have not gotten worse, but also his bladder looks BETTER than last week! The doctor actually said to us that she had no explanation for things getting better, she was truly shocked!

The doctors are hoping that if Davis' condition can remain stable that we can make it to the original delivery date of November 23rd....the longer we can wait the stronger his lungs will get!

Another blessing I want to point out is that because of everything that happened last week I was able to get the steroid shots for his lungs. They do not give the steroids after the 34 week mark and I reached that 2 days after my second dosage! Just in time!

I am supposed to continue to take it easy because there is still the high risk of early labor. Please pray that Davis and I can hang in there as long as possible!

Thank you again for your support and prayers...Your prayers are the explanation the doctor could not give!