Thank You to our friends and family

Thanks to everyone's best wishes Kieran is doing really well.  He did have to go back on the Ventilator which means he is having some help to breathe but it's because he is so tiny and he wiped himself out breathing on his own for 3 days.  It is really unusual for a baby born at just 25 weeks to be breathing by themselves.  We know we are extremely lucky for Kieran to be as healthy as he is.  So, as much as we would rather that he breath on his own, it's understandable that he would need a bit of help every now and then.   Also, a bonus with him using the ventilator is the fact that he isn't burning as many calories working so hard to keep breathing which means he is finally gaining weight instead of losing.  At the moment he weighs 599gms. his birth weight was 700gms.

We still haven't been able to hold our son yet but I was able to help with his handling the other day.  Which means I took his temperature, held his syringe for his feeding and changed his diaper.  Never did I think I would get excited about a dirty diaper, but I was!  It was nice to feel useful for a change.  Our goal is to hold him by the end of this week.  All fingers and toes are crossed in the hope that it will happen.

Again, thank you to everyone for your kind words and thoughts.  At a time like this it's the small things that make the biggest impact.  Knowing we have the support of so many friends and family members is a great comfort to us.  Every time we feel overwhelmed or isolated from everyone, all we have to do is read your emails, they help us to stay connected and to remind us that we are not alone. So even though I may not be able to respond individually to eveyone's email please know that they do not go unnoticed and they are very much appreciated.