Great Report for Colby

Today's visit with Dr. Liske went better than expected. We are excited to report that Colby is at home tonight with no feeding tube!!!! We are so thankful that he has once again escaped this process for now. Colby has gained 2/3 of an ounce a day for the past two weeks! This takes his weight to 11 lb 12 oz. Dr. Liske was very pleased with this, and so are we!

The rest of the check up went well too! His sats and blood pressure are good, and Dr. Liske said his shunt is still sounding great! He is still breathing pretty fast during feedings, but he is learning to deal with this by taking frequent breaks. It is funny to watch him. When he gets to breathing too fast, he will turn his head away and catch his breath. Then, when he is ready to eat again, he will just open his mouth wide and look at us...he looks like a baby bird waiting for a worm!

Dr. Liske was pleased enough with Colby's check up today that he feels we can spread out our appointments once again. We will not go back for 6 weeks. He also wants us to take our weight checks from once a week to every other week. This is probably a good idea with all of the sickness going around. We don't want to spend too much time waiting in a doctor's office.

So, other than weight checks, it looks like Colby will be doctor appointment free until January 30th when we go for his next Synagis shot. This will be a nice break! We won't know what to do with ourselves!

Thank you all for the continued prayers and support! We truly appreciate each and every one of you! Don't forget February 14th!! We will hopefully have more information from the Red Cross soon. We will get the link up to sign up for a time to donate as soon as possible!