A Breath of Fresh Air

Rocco is doing well. He is gaining weight and growing. No, he's not up to 4 lbs. yet. When I talked to Steven on Tuesday, he was 3lbs, 5oz. Now's your chance if you haven't voted yet, because a lot of people guessed early dates.

The big change this week for Rocco is that he no longer needs oxygen to breathe. He was getting the tape changed on his nasal prongs, and the nurses and doctors decided to try the oxygen off. Rocco decided it was so much better not having tape on his face, and prongs in his nostrils, and air blowing in his nose all the time. I think I would have to agree with him! The reason he was on the oxygen to begin with was because he was having pauses in his breathing. He's not doing that with the oxygen off this time, so keep your fingers crossed that he will continue to behave.

So in baby steps Rocco is doing just what he needs to do to get home. He's 31 weeks now, and they are talking about letting him try nursing or taking a bottle in a week or two. He's chugging right along, and is on the right track to be home by the end of April or early part of May.

Getting new pictures has been a challenge because it takes a long time to transfer them the way Steven has to do it with his internet card or his phone or something. Nonetheless, if you want to see all the pictures I have so far, here's the place. I also have some video that I will try to edit and get up here, once I get home from my trip. Keep visiting!