Sorry, it's been a while since I've updated you.  I want to share Leo's newly home "newborn" pictures and let you know how he's doing. Leo is doing very well. He spent exactly 12 weeks in the NICU and got to come home late on Monday February 28.  Riley ophthalmology

Leo might come home in two days on Monday February 28th.  More details to follow.  He's on day 3 of his going home count down.  He has to go 5 days without having an event where he stops breathing or his heart rate drops while he's sleeping. Here are some

Jan 19 was the first day I held Leo while I was standing up.  Before that I always sat in the chair and waited for the nurses to place him on my chest.  It was usually a team of two nurses to make sure he and his collection of tubes

Max's new daycare asked for a photo for a family picture binder they are making.  I forgot to include Leo the first time.  I had to make a second order with the print lab to get a print of this collage I made.  The top image is from Nov 6,

Leo is 33 weeks and 2 days adjusted gestational age (Jan 25). Today was his second eye exam to follow up from the first one at 31 weeks. A baby’s retinal blood vessels begin to grow at 16 weeks and don’t finish growing until after the baby is

After our skin to skin time today, I got to see Leo dressed in a shirt for the first time. When I arrived today he only had on a diaper and this sleep sack. The nurse said he spit up on his shirt and she hadn't gotten him a new

Leo has started to "smile."  I don't think these are actual smiles.  Just his mouth making different shapes that sometimes are a smile, but they sure are cute. Another smile from January 28

Leo is 32 weeks gestational age today (41 Days old). Last night at 10:40, probably as they started his 11 pm care time, they popped his top to let him be in ambient room air. This change means clothes for the first time. Peter reported it looked like they

Today when I got to Leo's room I didn't see the nurse for almost 30 min.  (That's not very typical, they are usually quick to come say hi.)  It gave me time to really look at all of his environment and stats.  I noticed his temperature monitor was turned off.

Leo had a good weekend. He didn't have any events, and the ibuprofen seems to be working to shrink his PDA. He had an echo this morning that confirmed the PDA was a little bit smaller. He has been getting a little less fluid in order to keep less volume

Leo is doing pretty well. He is on day three of getting ibuprofen to treat his PDA. It seems to be working. He hasn't had any "events" since they started the ibuprofen on Friday. He'll be getting another echo on Monday to see if his PDA has shrunk or closed