We would like to start this post with recognizing Memorial Day.  Thank you to all service members that put their lives on the line for our freedom every day.  My father was in the Air Force during the Vietnam War and my grandfather was in the Air Force during WWII.  While this holiday is not…

Aiden is developing quite the personality.  His english nurse called him “mischievous” today and thinks we’ll have our hands full when we bring him home.  He fights when they change his CPAP mask to prongs (oxygen tubes that fit tightly into his nose).  He pushes their hands away, moves his head back and forth and cries.…

Aiden is 30 weeks gestation.  We cannot believe 5 weeks have gone by since he was born!  We hit great milestones when I last wrote about Aiden.  Not much has changed since then.  The doctor told us to expect things to slow down a little bit (that’s a good thing!) because now he needs to…

Aiden has been doing really well the past few days! They removed all IVs.  They are no longer feeding him synthetic food (TPN) which can harm his liver over time. He is finished with antibiotics, the staph infection is gone. He reached full feeds yesterday and is handling it like a champ.  He’s at 12…

Aiden reached two pounds last night!  He weighed one and a half pounds at birth, and finally gained half a pound.  It’s important to remember he lost weight after birth, so he had more to make up for than just a half pound.  And he struggled with his feedings the past few weeks.  Each setback…

We caught Aiden smiling!  The nurse told us it was gas, but I like to think he was smiling at us. He had a hard time handling higher feeds the past few days.  The doctors dropped him to 5 mL and tonight he will be back up to 8 mL.  He now weighs 880 grams,…

I am excited to share Aiden’s improvements over the past 24 hours.  I was with him when the doctors conducted their rounds this morning.  Mondays are usually big days because the full staff of doctors are present and they discuss pros/cons and determine the best action for each preemie. They adjusted his CPAP settings to…

Happy Mother’s Day to all the wonderful mothers out there.  I am incredibly thankful for my mother, two sisters and mother-in-law, all mothers who teach love, the importance of family and laughter during hard times.  I look forward to teaching the same values to our son. Eric treated me to brunch at VanDusen Botanical Gardens…