My first bump in the road...

"Look at my muscle! I knocked that bug right out of me!"

"Oh how I love my paci!"

"No more pictures please... this thing on my head messes with my look!"

We had our first big scare in the NICU! On Wednesday, Noah had some blood in his stool that really concerned the doctor's and nurses. They were afraid at first that it could be NEC (THANK GOD that it wasn't) so they took all of the necessary precautions ~ off of feedings and back on fluids, antibiotics and LOTS of lab work. Unfortunately, they had to take so much blood from little guy that on Thursday night they ordered a transfusion (UGH!)~ that is how he got his not so nice little 'hat' on his head. Of course we were a nervous wreck over it all, but Papa Charles helped to keep us calm through the whole ordeal! He kept saying, "he doesn't look sick." (We were sure Papa knew what he was talking about!) We still have not found out exactly what happened to our little monkey... but feel better knowing he is alright since all tests have come back negative so far. The doctor's feel he might have caught a viral bug that has been spreading slowly in some of the preemies. Of course we wish he did not have to go through any of this, but viral is much better than what we could have been dealing with... Today was a good day ~ Noah is back on small amounts of mom's milk with the hopes of continuing to increase dose and if all goes well will be off of the antibiotics and lose his 'hat' tomorrow! Our little guy is a fighter!