Another great day

My sister and her family came to visit today. She and I went to the hospital shortly after they arrived. Lawson was awake and happy for quite a while when we first got there and slept peacefully after that. He was also sucking on his pacifier! (Sorry, no pics; I was too caught up in watching him to get the camera!) That was great to see, since he'll need to practice sucking in order to learn to feed. His nurse said he'd had a great morning and she thinks he'll be a 'very good baby' when we get him home. :) She said he didn't 'cry' often and when he did, she was able to calm him down by putting her hand on him. When he cries, it doesn't make any sound yet, since the breathing tube is splitting his vocal cords. Lawson is 7 weeks old and I've never heard him cry. Dr. Rice mentioned that there could be some semi-permanent/permanent paralyzation of his vocal cords, since he has been on the ventilator for such an extended period of time. Only time will tell this. We'll cross that bridge when we get there.

They were planning to move Lawson to the conventional ventilator today, but a new baby arrived in his room today that required A LOT of extra attention. They want to wait until the Respiratory Therapist can focus all his attention on Lawson to make sure everything is going smoothly. Hopefully tomorrow will be the day. We'll keep you posted.