quick update on mr. cannon....

We just got home from visiting with Cannon. He is doing so good. I got to hold him again tonight. I didn't get to hold him the last 2 days because he was back under the phototherapy lights. He is off the lights now and it does not look like he will need them again. They increased his feedings today to 5 cc's of breastmilk every 3 hours. He is doing great with his breathing on the nasal cannula. He was on 3 liters of pressure for the cannula and they reduced that to 1.5 today. He is working just a little harder with the lower flow, but doing good enough that they are not concerned. They have to find the balance where they are pushing him just the right amount. Because we were there at his feeding time tonight, I got to take his temperature and change his diaper. We took some video but I cannot get it to upload to YouTube (arrggh!). I am still trying to get the video from the other night on there too. I hope to spend some time on it tomorrow. Here are a few pictures from tonight: See how great his skin looks? He was pretty red the first few days, but now he has that healthy pink color. There he is reaching for his cannula....he loves to pull it out of his nose.
Doing kangaroo care tonight. The tube you see draped across my hand is his feeding tube. They hook the syringe up to it and then let the milk flow down into his belly. They usually give him his pacifier at the same time so he can associate the sucking with a full belly.

Thank-you for your continued prayers for Cannon and Charlie. Charlie is feeling much better today. His fever is down and he is taking antibiotics. Today was a much better day!