Splendid Weekend For Little Bug!!!!

It has been an absolutely splendid weekend for our precious little bug!!!! He is looking so good and everyone is saying that we are getting really close to going home!!!!! Wow, I can't even believe I am typing those words. Oh Lord, Let it be so!!!!!

Here's an update on how quickly things have changed. The docs have decided to discontinue the 6 week round of antibiotics that they called for 2 weeks ago. He will probably stop this particular antibiotic sometime early this week and then he will have to prove himself by not spiking a fever. If he can do that, then they believe it will be fine to take him off this medication. I mentioned the other day that he did have positive blood cultures, but that was actually good news because now they actually know what they are treating, and it is working. He is feeling sooooooooooooooo much better. He got a blood transfusion on Friday and he has a lot of color back in his skin. He has been on and off the c-pap, but only during naptime and bedtime. There is a possibility that we could even go home with a c-pap machine if he really needs it. They have stopped the Morphine and Ativan and they are only giving it to him as needed and he hasn't needed it in 2 days...Praise the Lord!!!

Today he was doing so well that when I walked in this morning Connor was nowhere to be found. I caught our favorite Nurse Amy walking around the unit with Little Bug in her arms. She was just strolling along without a care in the world. Connor wasn't hooked up to anything. He was cord and wire free and happy as a little bug could be. Randy and I also got to take a proud walk around the unit and show him off. And proud we were. I think we walked taller and straighter than we have walked in months. It was just so much fun to see Connor having such a great couple of days.

I'm sure that this will be a pretty truth-telling week for Little Bug. If he continues on this fabulous run of good days, then we are pretty sure that we could look towards going home in a week to a week and a half. Yes, that's right, I said HOME!!!!! Please continue to pray that Connor remains on this road of healing and that the docs will feel that he is strong enough to make the transition home!!! As always, I will keep you posted and let you know of his progress!!! God is preforming daily miracles and we sense the mighty, mighty hand of God waving his love and protection over us. Thank you Lord for your continued healing touch!!!!

Lovebug Hugs,
Lori

PS ~ By the way we hit two major milestones today......1st off, Connor made it to 9 pounds!!!! Yippie....he's finally starting to grow!!!! Secondly, sometime around 11:15-11:30 this morning someone clicked onto our site and we reached 10,000 visitors!!!! Wow, Little Bug is touching the world!!!!! May the world see Jesus shining through this little bugs life and may they be changed for all eternity!!!!