Making progress!

I am posting some of my favorite pictures to the blog. However, if you'd like to see more, we're posting all pictures to the Picasa link below. We update it as often as possible.

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Chris and I were a little concerned the first few days when Mason's breathing did not seem to be improving. The doctor told us to be patient and we should see some progress when he was 4-5 days old. Well, she was right and the past few days have been very encouraging. We noticed Thursday that he seemed to be struggling less to breath and his respiratory levels looked more stable. As of today, he looks so much more comfortable breathing and they even started reducing his CPAP level. The goal is to continue reducing the CPAP and then switch to a nasal cannula, which will still provide some breathing support, but is less invasive. They also continue to increase his feeding amounts, which he is tolerating well and even gaining a little weight!

And few fun milestones... Mommy got peed on for the first time during a diaper change yesterday. I had been warned that this was a common problem with boys :-). And Daddy got to hold Mason for the first time last night. He was a natural!


And while we were there, the respiratory therapist was changing his CPAP tubes, so we were able to sneak a few pictures without it. Unfortunately, he was not happy about being messed with.