Bauer Update--

Bauer continues to make great progress. Yesterday we started our trial run to see if he would wake up on his own and eat the volume he needs on his own. HE DID GREAT! It started out as a 12 hour deal but he did so well, they let him keep going to try to get the 24 hour block that he needs in order to be considered for discharge. He breastfeeds about half and bottles what I pump for the last half. We are soooo proud of him!!! This does mean we make about 100 trips to the hospital a day, but he's worth every second of it! The Dr. has been happy with his progress so we're hoping to bring him home in the next couple days. He will have to come home on a heart monitor (if not oxygen as well) so we'll have to sleep in for a night to prove we can maneuver our way around the machines. We have been sooo grateful for my mom who has been such a huge help-- from letting me rest between hospital visits to interpreting dr.'s reports she has been heavensent! Thanks mom-- we don't know how we would do it without you. Thank you everyone for your continued love and support-- we feel so fortunate to have such wonderful friends and family.