Much needed update...

Sorry it's been so long since I've updated everyone...the past month has been HECTIC!! First of all, they stopped letting Tucker have nasal canula or high flow breaks because he wasn't really tolerating them very well. After all this, we had a meeting with Tucker's doctor, nurses and just about everyone else concerned with Tucker to talk about his continued treatment. Dr Durand was so happy with how Tucker is doing that he gave us the timeline of Christmas to come home!!! Well sometime around there...it's so exciting, a month and a half ago they wouldn't even give us a timeline and now they're saying Christmas...SO EXCITING!! Anyway, after a few weeks of no sprints on anything they decided to allow him to go back on high flow sprints, and he's doing great!!! We had a few problems with doctors making ridiculous decisions (he has two primary care doctors now, and these were NOT his primary doctors). But now we're doing good!! He's getting onto bolus feeds, they're going in over an hour right now and they're hoping to get it down to thirty minutes every three hours (he's still being fed by a tube in his stomach), but still it'll be great to get him on regular feedings!! He is gaining weight steadily which is great...actually he's shooting up in weight...9 pounds 5 ounces!!! He's such a little piggy...it's great! He's started acting more like a baby, being awake and hanging out, looking around and liking to be in his swing! He's such an amazing little boy...everyone in the NICU is amazed by him...he is truly my miracle baby. I am the most blessed woman, I have a wonderful husband and a beautiful baby boy!! (Oh and not only can he make his alarms go off...he can also cry...and I mean CRY!!!!) One of the nurses asked me if it bothered me to hear him cry, and I said no, after three months of not hearing a peep out of him it's wonderful to hear his little voice, well BIG voice actually! His coming home will be the most wonderful Christmas gift I can think of...it would make my year!! Thank you to everyone who has followed along with Tucker's story, and who have kept him and us in their thoughts and prayers...we love you all for it!! Anyway, that's our news!!! We're completely thrilled with all of it...and we just pray that he will continue to do as well as he has been!!