Carter's Blog is a little late tonight because I was so excited to get to Orlando to see him I forgot my laptop. By the picture below though you can tell it was worth the wait. This is Carter's first picture in non-hospital clothes. Tonight they let us put him in his own clothes. He seems to like them. They use to wait to allow the babies be in outside clothes until they were in an open air crib however they recently changed this to allow them to wear clothes while still in their isolette as long as they can regulate their own temperature. He has done well today and remains on 4.5 L/min on the high flow and is anywhere from 25%-30% oxygen. Since he has to maintain his saturation at 88% he hasn't been below 24% concentration much. His weight tonight is 3 pounds 7 ounces (he's actually 3.68 but we are going with 3.7). Tonight we also had our every other week NICU family support group. We met with someone from the March of Dimes in preparation for the walk at Lake Eola on 4/26/14. In addition, we shared stories with our NICU family on how all of our little ones were doing. I would ask you all to extend an extra prayer to a family in the NICU tonight for their little boy. They have had a rough day and when one of our NICU families are affected it affects us all. So say an extra prayer for Baby C.
I also want to say a big HUGE thank you to our local Chick-fil-a, Steven, Buck and Brooke and everyone that came out to support us and Carter. It was so wonderful to talk and meet everyone who has been following our story. Many people were family, friends and co-workers but we also met a lot of great people who we have never met that were so gracious to share their stories and offer their support. You all are amazing, and truly define what a community is. Thank you!
He looks more beautiful every time. I like to copy the pictures into my files so I can zoom in and see him better. He is absolutely adorable. I love him sooo much.
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