THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR PRAYERS!! I almost forgot to add this update... Phoenix's echo cardiogram to check his PDA yesterday came out great! Thanks to the daily doses of liquid ibuprofen, the valve closes completely now, so all the blood that was going to his lungs, is now dispersed throughout the rest of his body (including to his bowels). His heart is now in good working order! On to the digestive tract!

There was another baby from Bend that had to be flown to Doernbecher's today and we really thought we were going to get to hop on the return flight back to Bend (with the isolette). However, our doctors and nurses changed their mind and told us that we had to wait until, at least, Monday to see how Phoenix's feedings were going. This was a huge let down, because the flights have been very sporadic and a bit few and far between, recently. The Bend NICU flight nurse came to visit Phoenix for a minute before returning back to Bend. Steph shared her concern and requested that they make sure that Phoenix is added to the back-flight list, starting Monday, so that we can get him back to the Bend NICU, as soon as possible. We still want you to keep Phoenix in your thoughts and prayers that these feedings (with breast milk, instead of formula, this time) that we will start this weekend, will go through him without any medical issues with his digestive system. Thanks!

LOOK MA(s)... no tubes connected to my face! I got my nasal cannula removed today! And, I seem to be breathing on my own fairly well. Tomorrow I will have to have a gavage feeding tube taped back onto my face. But, for one day, I don't have anything to try to pull off of my face. I still have plenty of other wires and probes on the rest of my body though. I like to give the nurses a hard time and get all tangled up in the wires! I could only keep one eye open while my moms keep flashing that silly camera all day! All I can see are spots!

Oh Mor, that's ENOUGH with all the flash photography, don't you think? I'm getting a head ache with all the bright lights!

I LOVE MY BINKY... especially since my doctors and nurses won't let me eat! But Mom told me, today, that I will get to start to eat again (through a tube) tomorrow (Saturday) so I'm really quite excited! In the meantime, I've been practicing my sucking skills with this binky.