Breckin meet Maya

After many months of hearing about Breckin, Maya finally got to see who this person is that we kept mentioning. She already knew where his room was and could lead anyone there if they asked her. Maya is doing great with him. She even welcomed him home with a big lick to his head. Overall she pretty much ignores him. Here are some fun pics.

We're home!!!!

Breckin is home!!!!!!!!! Brooke and I were waiting with anticipation all morning to get permission to leave the NICU. They decided since he has been eating more and hasn't had any more apneic episodes he could go home a day early. We owe a lot of thanks to Nurse Mandy who pushed the doctors to let him go!

Just before leaving the NICU. It was so good to hold him without wires connected.

Our little man ready for his first car ride on the outside world.

Mommy holding him in his nursery.

Breckin likes the boob

Never before did I think I would be so excited to say that my son likes the boob. In a few years I'll be having to teach him that they are for married men only, but for now we'll let him like them. I guess he just decided that Brooke's milk was the best thing in the world. He ate for about 35 minutes, which is a huge improvement over his previous 25 minute record. And like the biggest baby in the NICU should, he ate another two ounces from the bottle. Breckin is finally eating like he is the biggest kid in the NICU (the other two are only half his size).

What makes things even better is that everyone here is pulling for Breckin, Brooke and me. Dr. Ehmer, Brooke's OB, contacted the Director of the Women's Services and got us a room for the night even though Brooke has been discharged. I guess that just goes to show how much of caring, Christian man he is.

That's not it though! One of Breckin's nurses, who has a crush on him, realized how much he doesn't belong here any longer and went to bat for him. After discussing with the pediatrician all of the improvements he has been making and not regressing, they decided he can go home on Saturday!!!!! We were super excited to hear that he gets to go home a day early. We can't wait to show the outside world to Breckin. Watch out world, here he comes!

Bad news and Good news

The bad news is I won't be having my first beer in nine months tonight. The good news is I'm not having that beer because we are staying at the hospital tonight. Dr. Ehmer, our OB, is keeping Brooke another night. Not that they are concerned about anything, but the doctor wants to observe her for another night with her past blood clotting problems. This is welcomed because Breckin has to stay too.

Our doctor is also working on getting us a room to stay at the hospital on Friday and Saturday night since Breckin will still be in the NICU. Dr. Ehmer is such an amazing man, he has even offered to let us use his house, which is about 30 minutes closer to the hospital than our house. We have been so blessed to be connected with such great Christian people in Dallas. We give God the glory for all he has done for us down here.

Daddy's Pride and Joy

Breckin continues to do well. He's been eating his required two ounces with each feeding, his sugar levels are staying high, and his temperature is staying down. Unfortunately, we just learned that on Tuesday he made a five day reservation in the NICU. While sleeping in his crib, he decided to stop breathing, turned blue, and needed oxygen. That earned him his five day stay. So now he won't be able to go home until Sunday. That is going to be difficult for Brooke and I since we are being discharged today. In our minds we know it is best for him to stay, but our hearts hate it.

It didn't take him long to fall asleep.

He was sound asleep!

Good progress!!!

We just got done from giving Breckin his 11:00 p.m. feeding and he is showing good progress. They took him off of his sugar IV around 9:00 and his sugars stayed up! His sugar count was actually one of the highest of the day. He also ate 50 ccs of formula today, the most he has eaten since he has been here. Yes, it has been less than two days; however, he has had about 12 feedings. We're happy with this progress and just hope he continues to improve.

God has definitely been working with Breckin and getting him better. We know that our God is the almighty God and has the miraculous powers to get Breckin where he needs to be in order to go home. We thank Him for always being faithful to us, no matter the circumstances.

Crying Video - now works

Here is some more video of Breckin. Don't worry about the beeping in the background. The monitors that are on him are very sensitive, so sometimes when he squirms around in our arms it thinks the probes have become disconnected. We have learned when to worry and when not to worry. This time was a time not to worry.

Look at me smile!!!!

So I was finally able to trim down some of the video and get this uploaded. Here is a quick 25 second clip. I'll work on getting more as I have more time.