Saturday, April 15, 2006

Double Breasted Baby

Gus topped three pounds today - weighing in at 3 lb 0.5 oz. What a big boy he is getting to be. We can really tell that his body is filling out - especially his face, legs and arms.

Here is Gus yesterday laying on my chest. He was very sleepy and we spent the entire two hours of his feeding rocking away. Gus likes to sleep with his mouth open just like me...
Gus' beautiful mom just loves to hold him. We so look forward to our afternoons with him! We now have a regular "hands on" time of 4:00pm. We take his temperature, change his diaper and get ready for his feed and skin-to-skin care all at once.
Today Gus spent his time outside the isolette on his mom's (much smoother) chest. He was awake for quite a while but finally settled in to sleep after about half an hour. Gus has been weaned back to very low pressure on his CPAP oxygen feed in preparation for moving him to a cannula, hopefully tomorrow.

It looks like Gus will go to the cannula again in the next day or two so please continue to keep him in your prayers. Please also remember the other children that Gus has been traveling with since he was born - initials only, M.H. (girl) and V.E. (boy).

Happy Easter,
Gregg, Jill and Gus

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Way to go Gus! You are getting bigger by the day. You are so strong and such a fighter!

Hope you guys have a wonderful Easter. I will try to call when we get home from Grandma MaryAnn's. We love you all!

Todd, Melissa, Zan, Austin and Dakotah

Anonymous said...

Happy Easter Brekke Family! I've been praying for all of you during my time away. Looks like Gus is "growing up". I'll keep my fingers crossed that he'll transition easily to his cannula!
See you soon~susie

Anonymous said...

Happy Easter Gregg, Jill and Gus,
Hope you have a good day. you have really grown since I have seen you, keep up the good work. Love you all very much. Grandma Nancy