Bandages Off!

We got to Michael's room this morning and he was wide awake looking all around. We put our stuff down and immediately started taking pictures of his beautiful eyes. His voice is starting to sound really good and actually sounds like a baby crying instead of  60 year old smoker. He is so adorable with his little cry.

He also got all of his bandages off this morning, he looks wonderful.  Bryttney was able to nurse him and the Speech therapist said he sounded way better and was latching pretty good. Today feels like progress again! He is still on the feeding tube to supplement whatever breast feeding he gets, but we are totally ok with that. He is still on the cardiac medicine which is keeping his respiration nice and low. The alarms are few and far between, so we can rest easy for most of the day.  We have a day of holding and loving him planned, the nurses say us holding him is really good for him and keeps him calm.

Zoey was taken to the doctor again today, and she happened to get the head doctor in charge of all the denver Kaiser pediatrics. The doctor knew all about our situation and gave Zoey extra special attention. She said Zoey is pre-asthmatic and caught a bug that is working with the asthma to make her miserable. She had a breathing treatment and is feeling much better now. Grandma says she is back to her happy self. We can't wait to see her, but the doctors say we need to be tough and trust that she is in good hands with Grandma.
Michael got his first bath since surgery today, it is hard to watch the nurses be so rough with him. We both want to treat him like a little porcelain doll, but they seem to know what they are doing. It is amazing how tough these little guys are. He didn't really like the bath but he dealt with it ok. I was going to post a video, but we didnt get any without 'Little Michael' in it. He has to endure another session of 'breaking up the crud' in a little bit... I am not looking forward to it, but I have been assured by multiple people that it is good for them. It is very hard to be here for what seems like an eternity, but we are very lucky to live so close and have such an amazing support system.  Thank you all so much for keeping tabs on him and reading the blog. We are so grateful to live in a time of technology.