Day 31; 1 Month Birthday

We are very excited to celebrate Loki's 1 Month birthday with lower oxygen settings (mid thirties to mid forties) and a cup cake card and wind-up dinosaur (also a first for our little dude), from nurse Janet, who makes sure Loki is the most spoiled little guy around. Dankjewel Janet!

We still need to scan the beautiful pictures nurse Amber took of Loki with his pacifier in his mouth, but thus far have not found the time to open the closet and attach the scanner to our laptop. We promise, it will happen.

Loki had a few rough moments today, but has been handling it quite well overall. An other attempt to draw some spinal fluid failed, poor guy, and he had a very uncomfortable eye exam, to check whether the yeast was growing in his eyes; this is not the case!! In addition, he inhaled some water through his SiPAP prongs, which apparently happens with these machines. It is like diving into the swimming pool and forgetting to breath out as you touch the water, so all the water gets into your nose and lungs. Loki panicked, and so did I (mom). He turned very red, cried his little squeaky cry and pushed his hands against the mask in an attempt to take it off. He is a smart little boy who seriously tries to avoid discomfort. Anyhow, after the initial scare; as I did not have a clue what was going on, nurse Margaret came in and emptied out the prongs. He felt much better.

It seems Loki has lost some weight again over night, although he was weighed on a different scale, so we may need a new baseline. He is a hair below two pounds again. We celebrated two pounds with Sushi, so we'll come up with another nice meal when he hits it again. Also, we are celebrating Saturdays, because it is his chronological addition of a week, we celebrate Wednesdays because it is the gestational weekly birthday. We celebrate every time he needs less oxygen, and we'll continue to celebrate his monthly birthdays. Simply said, we celebrate our son's existence in our lives and his strong, feisty nature. He is such a trooper!

Again, thank you all so much for your support through messages, emails, phone calls etc. We do truly appreciate it; it brightens our day to know so many people from so many different corners of the world are thinking about Loki Sky!