April 7

If it ain't one thing, it's another. Turns out the nurse that told Matt they were doing the scope today was WRONG!!! Matt took a day off work so we could go up there, only to find that it was scheduled for tomorrow. So we hung out with Will for a while, who looked awesome by the way. He was wide awake and checking things out and moving a lot without any pain. We were a little concerned because last night he was having some episodes where he was having trouble breathing. They did an x-ray this morning and discovered that the upper lobe of his right lung had collapsed. That's not uncommon in a preemie and they were giving him breathing treatments to open it back up. We were actually relieved that it was a partially collapsed lung (how twisted is that!) because we were afraid that he was showing signs of a floppy airway and that he wasn't tolerating his vent tube being in the higher position. So we were kind of like "whew, it was just a collapsed lung, thank goodness!" Then, there was some craziness this afternoon when my sister discovered that they had postponed the scope again. They were supposed to call me, but they hadn't yet, so it was actually my sister that notified me of the change. Oops. They're going to wait to do it until he's getting less breathing support from the ventilator. They're going to have to extubate him to do the scope, and they really don't want to have to reintubate him, so their going to wait until he's ready- probably the end of the week.
Hays is still fabulous. And he is no longer the only Hays in the NICU, another one came in today, but his name is spelled with an "e." I still can't believe it- it's not like Hays is a real common name. And this kid's last name also starts with an "M." You know they'll be in the same class forever and they'll both be Hays M!!!! Hays weighs 3 lbs. 12 oz and he took his whole bottle like a champ tonight. Those boys are really filling out, and boy are they cute!! I know I'm biased, but everyone agrees that they are definitely lookers!