Sunday Updates!

First things first, here is the update on Cole. Dr. Whitsett (who is the Chief of the Neonatology and the Director of the Perinatal Institute at Cincinnati Children's) was making rounds today and talked to us. He said Cole is doing great and he "looks terrific." He said that the bacteria he has is serious if not treated, but Cole has been on antibiotics from the start and he is going to be just fine. He will have to be on antibiotics for probably 3 weeks, but as soon as he is eating enough food, he will get a pick line (like a port) to replace his I.V. and then he can go home. At that point, a nurse would come to the house and give him his antibiotics. So, after some insecurities yesterday, we have gained a lot of confidence about how well Cole is doing and we are excited about the positive feedback we have continually received about him.

I have posted some new pictures from today (Sunday) and you can see them below this post. In these pictures you can see a few things. Most prominent on Cole is his feeding tube. It looks worse than it really is, but the good news is that they might take it out soon. He is eating very well and they haven't needed to give him any food via the feeding tube.

Cole was greeted with a present from his cousin Logan, which is his little Curious George doll that can be seen below. Aunt Kristen came and visited on Sunday and even got to hold Cole. Chad, Amy, Logan and Avery visited one last time before they went back to Nashville. They immediately jumped into bed with their Aunt Gi-Gi when they arrived. Even though Logan and Avery are not allowed in the Special Care Unit, they were able to see their cousin from outisde the glass doors. Logan was very upset that he couldn't come in and see Cole, so Aunt Gi-Gi had to go out and console him.