"Perfect"

Crashed out on Daddy...

Being a Rock Star is so Tiring...

This is my big sister Catherine, Davis' aunt. She came to visit earlier this week and, while she could only stay a little while, we were so glad to see her. She is beyond amazing and we love her so much. I wish Davis could grow up closer to her so he could just absorb all the love that she just radiates. We miss her already :)

Davis had his first follow up appointment at Duke this week. We drove down after work on Monday and stayed at Parker's House for his Tuesday appointment, which lasted for SEVEN HOURS. That's right, SEVEN HOURS! It was nice to see everyone but we were pretty frazzled by the end of the day, and then we had to drive the five hours home. We had hoped to be able to stop by and see our nurses, but Davis was so hungry and upset we had to wait until next time. We hope to plan several days for these travels in the future as it is just a lot for little Davis to deal with. It was so strange to go back to the hospital and walk through the NICU doors, except this time we had Davis with us. 

Besides a little anemia and some mildly decreased pulmonary function, things are looking "perfect" according to Dr. Benjamin. When she said perfect, I had to ask her to repeat it... it just sounded so nice! We've started Davis on a nebulizer w/ albuterol and pulmocort to try and help those airways expand a bit, and he's on another iron supplement for the anemia. We are now feeding him at will rather than a strict 3 hour schedule schedule... so far, so good.