Day 6, lots of good news!

Happy Saturday everyone, lots to take in here, but it's all (cautiously) good news, so enjoy!

We left for the clinic at about 11 this morning, and got there just before 12. We hadn't heard from the doctor again so we figured all was much the same. Straight to the NICU and the first thing we saw was our little boy without the ventilator! They removed it at 9am this morning and so far, according to the doctor, he is doing well without it. He is still on oxygen and will be for probably 24-48 hours. They will monitor him closely to make sure his oxygen rate stays high so we are cautiously optimistic. Seeing him without the machine was such a sight, you can only imagine our reaction :) So here goes, your first glimpse at Sam:

Samuel Jeremy, Day 6

Sam, Day 6

 Jenna was wide awake when we got there and as they lifted her up to show her to us, she opened her eyes! It was too cute. Here's a photo of her sleeping right before that:

 

Jenna Sophie, Day 6

We waited a while to meet with the doctor. He said he was happy with their progress. Jenna is still on track to be discharged on Monday with us to Dr. Tandon's clinic. As for Sam, as I said above, the doctor decided it was a good time to take him off the CPAP machine and see how he does. Please send lots of positive thoughts his way that he keeps doing well without it now.

And then, as if the visit couldn't get any better, they asked us to go watch them feed Jenna. We went into the room with her (our first time in the same room with her) as they explained and showed us how to feed, and halfway through, the nurse offered us tofeed her. I jumped at the chance - and got to hold our daughter for the first time and feed her. Her little eyes stared up at me and it was adorable!! She is absolutely precious - tiny, but precious. This was taken while the nurse was feeding her:

 

Jenna's first bottle feed

That's today's update - all in all, a great day! Hope you're all enjoying the start to the weekend.