Taylor Is Doing Amazing!

His intestines are pretty much healed. I say pretty much because there is still an area where the intestine is enlarged. This is causing some pooling and taking a bit longer for stuff to move through. Doc says it's moving in the right direction to becoming normal. By the time Taylor is term (Oct 11th) it should be to normal size. The GREAT news is that everything is functioning as it should and he can start eating and progressing as Laynie did. It happens fast and he's already looking amazing respiratory wise. His staff infection should be clear by now. Docs are keeping him on the antibiotics for 10 days and I think he only has a few days left.

Today at 5 I get to try breast feeding him. I just can't believe it! It's amazing how quickly Taylor has turned around. I just CAN'T imagine anything else happening to him at this point. It seems as though he's finally on the other side of the hurdles. We are guessing he has about 3 weeks left. He still needs to eat without the feeding tube (so combo of breast feeding and bottle feeding), keep his temp, come off the oxygen, and gain weight. Laynie did all of this fairly quick, so we have high hopes that Taylor will do the same.

God has an amazing plan for Taylor. As I think back on all that he has gone through....from the small sac he started off in to his NICU stay, he has truly beat all odds and proved many people wrong. We've been told many times that he may not make it and I know docs and nurses in the NICU had their doubts, but God wants him here with us and I just can't wait to see what's in store for our little peanut!

Love,
J & A