We need a negative blood culture

Ryan seems to have taken one, maybe two steps back today. Some good news, Ryan is up to 1 lb 10.1 oz and took a pacifier last night. He was wide awake at 1am so they put a little breast milk on a q tip and he sucked on that and then went back to bed. 

This afternoon Ryan was switched back to the high frequency vent since his chest X-ray wasn't that great. We haven't had a negative blood culture yet which is frustrating since everything is on hold until we get atleast one back. Ryan had started 1ml of breast milk yesterday but that was stopped today. His urine output is low but they have had to cut back on fluids because of the PDA and they can't treat the PDA until there is a negative blood culture and he needs a negative blood culture so he can get his pic line back in and he keeps blowing through iv's daily. And and and and.... You get the idea...

Today I was able to go to a surprise 40th birthday party for my dear friend Melissa and I have been looking forward to this for the past few weeks. It was nice to be out in public, thrown on a maxi dress and some mascara for once! Happy birthday Melissa!!

I don't think I mentioned this before but both of Ryan's eyes are open. It's hard to tell what color they are. 

Fingers crossed that we have a negative blood culture today! 

xo Andrea Shawn and Ryan