Our tuckered out little man.

Today, Collin's been doing pretty well. He's a sleepy sleepy boy after the day he had yesterday. He's still on the vent and could be for as long as a couple of weeks. This could be a good thing though, the energy he'd normally put into breathing can now go into growing, and putting on some pudge! One of the nurses suspected that he might have a small bug because they were sucking a lot of yucky mucus out of his mouth. They did some blood cultures and turns out he may have one of a large array of illnesses, possibly sepsis. Sepsis is caused by bacteria that already exists in the body but become infected. This can happen from his pick lines, IV's, and any other pokes he's been getting. Being so small, Collin is very suceptable to illness and it's fairly common for this to happen to a baby at his age. He'll be fine, it'll just make it hard for him to breathe on his own and may make him oncomfortable and boogery. The scan for his brain came back and is still stable, so no trips to boston yet! Even thought his brain hasn't changed it's also not getting smaller, so we all need to hope that he can reabsorb that spinal fluid and blood blocking his ventricles. Still no word yet on his echocardiogram, the nurses say that they still don't hear a murmur but we're waiting to find out for sure if that ductus has closed. The bleeding in his belly hasn't started up again which is a really good thing, so they're going to start 1ml feedings again every 3 hours. There's still a hold on us doing kangaroo care with him, (which stinks) but we know it's the best thing for him. Right now, he's bundled up and getting some much deserved rest. Everyone at the NICU keeps saying what a "little fighter" he is and how remarkable he's been doing. Collin's only 10 days old and we're already so proud of him!