Gwenn here. Well, I (for one) am very anxious to see Josiah today. He continues to do really, really well.
My in laws relieved Nick yesterday evening, and then my mom and Jenny went to relieve her later on during the night. I am SO jealous that they got to spend such good time with him-- you will see in the pics how great he looks! (I am just kidding about being jealous-- it's the good kind of jealous, not the bad kind... :)
They have now taken out almost all of his tubes and wires. They've really cleaned him up, changed his dressings, and his swelling has gone down tremendously. He looks like a different kid.
They said we can hold him as soon as we get there this morning... woo hoo! He *may* even move out of ICU into a "step down" room today-- that's sort of an intermediate step between ICU and a regular room. The great thing about that would be that there is a BED in there that we can sleep in (there's no sleeping allowed in the PICU.) It would probably mean that we are spending more time at the hospital though since there's not a nurse in the room at all times. Nia is going to go out to Manteo with my mom later on this week so that Nick and I can be free to just "live" in his room if needs be. If I am able to breastfeed I will basically need to be there most of the time anyway.
Speaking of breastfeeding, could you please keep me in your prayers? I am starting to have a harder time physically with my recovery from the birth, and I am having a real hard time with a clogged milk duct that's causing quite a bit of pain. Thank you.
There's not much else to report. We know he had a good night, and once we actually see him we will update you more!
