Thanks

I just want to say thank you to all the people who have been praying for Benjamin. Last night we left feeling a bit better about his situation then we did in the morning. The doctor thought things were starting to look up. We called at 3am to see how he was doing and got a good report from the nurse. This morning Benjamin was much more active then he had been the last few days, but he was obviously uncomfortable. The nurse thought as he moved his tummy hurt more so he got some pain medication which really seemed to help. His blood pressure came down, his heart rate came down and he slept. The doctor is doing another abdominal x-ray tonight at 6pm. They believe Benjamin has an infection called necrotizing entercolitis, which is common in preterm babies, especially ones as small as him. They started stronger anti-biotics as well...so hopefully this is the turn around. His tummy still looks very swollen and he may require another blood tranfusion in the next day or so. He is also off of oxygen and is breathing room air through his oscillator which is also a positive step.. I'm hoping that within the next week he'll be off that and back onto a regular ventilator.
I feel like we are back to square one...but as long as he is getting better I'm ok with starting over. He is such a fighter...he definitely keeps me going.