April 16th

The boys are looking good today. I went up to see Will but I didn't get to hold him. They were about to do surgery on the baby next to him, and when they're doing surgery in the NICU, parents have to leave. His nurse knew that as soon as we got him up, the doctors would come in to do the surgery. They actually didn't come up for an hour, but if we had gotten him up I'm sure they would have been there right away! I did get to talk to the ENT. She thinks his trach tube should be in at the beginning of next week, so we're thinking Tuesday or Wednesday for the surgery. There is a possibility that the trach tube won't work since it has to go slightly above the weak spot. (if they put it right in the weak spot it would be too close to where his airway branches off, and it might slip into his lung if he moved) If it didn't work, he would have to stay intubated in the hospital until he was big enough to have the surgery to reconstruct his trachea. But his doctor is very optimistic that it will work. They gave us lots of information about caring for a child with a trach. I started reading it, but it was pretty overwhelming, so I had to put it aside. I know they will teach us everything we need to know, and then I'll be okay to read all the information, but right now it just freaked me out!
Hays did really well with his bottle feeding today. He took three in a row and did well. He did conk out before he finished the last one, but he only had a little left. He's still dropping his temperature a little, but that's because he's really small and has no fat on his body. His doctor and nurses just think that he's having feeding and temperature issues because he's small, but he'll work them all out.
Our buddy, Zach, is still not doing well. He's hanging on, but the prognosis is not good. Please pray for comfort and peace for him and his family.