November 6th- First Kangaroo!

Collin is continuing to do very well on room air, and still has the cpap.  He is handling the colostrum feedings very well, but we are waiting on him to make a poop! heheheh.

His Bilirubin count rose slightly so he spent most of the day today under phototherapy lights.
We will know for sure after his echocardiogram.. but both the nurse and the neonatologist listened to his heart today and neither of them could hear a murmur, so we are hoping the ductus has closed!

Best news of all today was that Collin was ready to start Kangaroo Care :)  ..Kangaroo care is skin to skin contact between baby and parents!  So, for Mommy's birthday she got to hold him for the first time!!

 It took 2 nurses and a respiratory specialist to move Collin from his isolette to my chest! ..It's crazy with all of the wires and breathing equipment and took awhile to get him settled in.  It was the best feeling in the world :)  He is nice and snuggly and warm!  I thought waiting over 10 hours to meet my baby was bad...waiting 5 days to actually hold him was very hard. But, the best birthday present i've ever received was holding my tiny baby for the very first time!  (Thanks to nurse Kelly for making it happen!!)