I will give you all my worship, I will give you all my praise...

You alone I long to worship, you alone are worthy of my praise.
- You are Worthy of My Praise, David Ruis

It has been a whirlwind of a day, I tell you what. Alright first major praises, all his tests have come back negative for infection. There is only one that is a culture that won't be read until Monday as they are trying to see if there's something growing in his intestines, though the nurse practitioner said it's rare there's something there that is undetected in all these other tests.

They have stopped his Iron and Vitamins and the human milk fortifier that was in his milk to try and alleviate any possible aggervations. So at this point the only foreign substance in his little body is the prevacid which is necessary to keep from desatting during refluxing. The nurses can't believe how drastically reduced his number of episodes are since he's received his second dosage of Prevacid.

At this point the nurse practitioner is elated and they are thinking it must be a stomach aggervation (which apparently we all have from time to time) with everything he's been encountering lately, he is being monitored closely and all his stools are being tested for blood. A proud moment for daddy though was a little after midnight last night we broke our record, we had a 75 gram blowout!!!

So anyways his plan of care right now is for them to continually watch him very closely, he does better with his sats while breastfeeding than when taking a feeding from a bottle so we've been instructed to breastfeed every feeding, which is a 8, 12, and 4 (thanks Hollie for making me think to ask about that). Breastfeeding is more work for Tennyson, but he's better able to regulate the flow and therefore is better able to remember to pause for breathing.

He weighed in last night at 5lbs. 12.6 ounces which was a small gain but a gain nonetheless. It was a very important gain because yesterday was the first day they allowed him to determine when and how much to eat. He was moved from an every three hour schedule to a schedule of every three-four hours as he determines. So it was great that there was a gain as if there hadn't been we would have to create a new plan of care and it would prolong our stay.

At this time they're hinting at the possibility of going home late next week still, we will be working on weaning him off the oxygen next week however he will probably for sure need it during feeds. If he goes home with oxygen he also goes home with monitors so we will have home health visits three days a week once we're home if we take those with us. Travis and I would love to not have them but if we do, it's not a big deal to us. He's doing so great, we wouldn't really see that as a setback as our caseworker (through our insurance company) said most preemies that take oxygen home with them tend to lose it faster when they're home than they do in the NICU because of the decreased stimuli they experience.

I think the plan of care for mommy and daddy is much more strenuous as now there's kind of a deadline on getting that room put back together, mom destroyed it after the baby shower, which we will be doing this weekend. We will also be purchasing a car seat, which is the one thing required to take them home.

Anyways all praises to our GOD and King for again blessing us more than we could have hoped for or imagined. Know that we are just basking in His presence during all of this, awed by how He humbles us and lifts us up in all things. Connie and I were talking this morning about how now that Tennyson is doing so well, God is giving us subtle reminders to not think we can do this on our own and forget how much He's done in this since Tennyson is doing so much better. I pray Travis and I never see a day we forget to pause and thank the Lord for this experience, I can testify I would not have the relationship with Him I do now had it not been for these last seven weeks and the weeks to continue.

All our love to all of you, please continue praying for our little one. Thanks for all you've done so far.

Known by the King-
Travis, Lindsay & Tennyson Myers