8th Day in the NICU

Well today was a great day again!  Jack's levels are down to 6.1. Which means fingers crossed they will remove the lights tomorrow.  Jack has an awesome nurse Candy and she said she will beg the doctors for Jack to have them removed so we can take the shades away.  I did skin to skin with Jack for the first time today.  It's an amazing feeling holding your bare skined child to your bare skined chest.  It's just amazing.  Jack is still having a few heart rate drops but Candy said that as the days go on and he gets stronger and more mature he should stop those.  It's so hard leaving each time, but it's a good feeling knowing that the nurses are there and they are so caring.  Jack was up to 28 cc's of breast milk.  Almost one whole ounce.  In one week he went from 2 cc's to 28!  :)  What a big boy! Today Aunt Bev came to the hospital with me.