Video!!/ One month update

Hi Everybody!  I'm one month old today! :)

Collin is one month old today and continuing to amaze the nurses with the crazy amount of poop that can come out of such a tiny person! lol  He is continuing to gain weight and is now 3lb 2.6 oz :)  His feedings are still going well he is now getting 26 ml's that are infused with 26 cals per ounce!  He had a follow up echocardiogram because they can still hear a light murmur, but it showed that the pda-ductus is still closed!  He also had a follow up cranial ultrasound that showed slight absorption of the blood and a decrease in size of the ventricle!!  Slowly but surely his little brain is healing itself and we couldn't be happier!! :)   Collin's ventilator rate was dropped slightly, and he seems to be adjusting pretty well.  He does have a few episodes where he stops breathing for a moment due to apnea.  As he continues to grow and lungs develop further the occurrences should decrease and hopefully go away with time.  There is talk about possibly giving him steroids to boost lung development, but they like to not intervene with medicines if they don't have to.  They are trying to wean him off slowly and see if he can do it on his own without having to give him medication.  So far so good..his rate is now @ 18 with an average of 28-30% oxygen. Which is really good, 21% is regular room air :)  so he's almost there!