Need Caffeine!!

You and me both baby boy!! Well, it looks like Hudson will not be weaned off caffeine this weekend like we hoped. I guess our little man is more dependent on caffeine than I am right now (which is saying a lot)! His doctor wants to see him go longer without having any spells before they'll take him off. Once they do take him off they will want to monitor him in the hospital for a minimum of 7 days.

I know I didn't mention this in my last post but they did a head ultrasound on Hudson a couple weeks ago (standard for all preemie babies) and it showed he had some bleeding on his brain. This completely threw me for a loop since Charlotte was so much smaller and the risk of this for her was so much greater but she never had a brain bleed. The way they measure them is from zero (being no bleeding) to a four (being massive bleed and most likely brain damage). Hudson's bleed was a level 2 on both sides of his brain. We are praying that the blood would absorb itself and there would be no fluid build up or swelling. They did another ultrasound last Friday to make sure it hadn't gotten worse and check to see if it had started to dissipate and it looked the same as the first...still a level 2 but no new bleeding and no fluid build up or swelling. The doctors have assured us that as long as the ble

ed stays at a level 2 it should not be a problem for him. We know that there is no new bleeding and they will do another ultrasound just to follow up next Friday.

I was only able to be with him for an hour yesterday but it was during one of his feedings and he took a whole bottle for me!! His nurse told me he had taken most of a bottle for her earlier that day and he took a bottle for the night nurse...baby steps!! :)

Thank you all again for all your encouragement and prayers! Looking forward to spending the afternoon with him today and will better keep you all posted on his progress!