Surgery is scheduled.

The surgery for Erik's hernia's has finally been scheduled. He will have surgery on June 5th. If everything goes as planned, then he will come home 2-3 days later!! We have been waiting so long to have him home. He will be 14 weeks old when he comes home. It will be a wonderful day!

Growing, growing and more growing

The three brothers!
Big brother, Christopher with Erik
Grandpa Ellis and Erik.
Erik thinking about something.
Erik's cute bear pajamas.

Erik is 4 lbs. 2 oz. now and doing great without the help of oxygen. He only has to endure the hernia surgery now and after he recovers from that, he can go home. We are excited that he is so close to being home with his family. Enjoy the new pictures!

No more nasal canula's!!

On Friday night at 10 p.m. Erik was taken off the nasal canula (the oxygen). As of this morning he is still breathing room air completely on his own. The doctors ran some tests to see if he has acid reflux, but I do not know the results of those tests yet. He is so close to coming home. He belongs with his family now.

4 lbs!!!

Erik weighs 4 lbs. 1.8 oz. now! They put him in a crib now. He's growing like crazy! Just thought I'd share this with you.

Erik is 11 weeks and one day old
Justin (6) and Erik
Aunty Karen giving Erik medicine from a bottle.

Almost 4 lbs!

Erik is almost 4 lbs. As of Saturday, his weight was 3 lbs. 15.2 oz. He is a little over 14 inches long now too. His feeding tube was taken out again shortly after they had put it back in. He is doing amazingly. The nurse was trying to give him his medicine in a bottle on Saturday and he kept choking on it. So, I gave it a try and he drank almost all of it without any problems. The nurse seemed impressed. I guess I wasn't trying to rush him. After he took his medicine, he snuggled up with me and fell asleep. He is so sweet and adorable. I love you Erik!

Feeding tube again!

Well, Erik was doing so well drinking from the bottle, we had hopes he would come home soon. However, he is being lazy again and he was put back on the feeding tube. He weighs 3 lbs. 11.4 oz. so his weight is still good. My brother and his wife were informed that he would be in the hospital for at least 3-4 more weeks, which was a dissappointment. I am glad that he will be healthy when he comes home though. I want nothing but the best for Erik. But the fact that he won't come home until he is over 3 months old is tough. That's a long time in the hospital. But, things are the way they are for a reason. He is safe where he is. I will just keep praying that he grows strong soon. Thanks for reading his blog.

Erik is gaining weight like a champ! He is 3 lbs. 11 oz. and doing great! He is a little miracle in every way. He is still feeding tube free and he is very active. He was a bit fussy this past Saturday, but I guess we woke him up. He looks so much better now. He looks like a healthy baby. I am so proud of you Erik!

No more feeding tube!

Erik is doing great!! He is 3 lbs. 9 oz. and he doesn't have his feeding tube in anymore! He is growing so fast. The nurse thinks he might be able to go home in about 2 weeks or so. I hope that is true. We have been waiting so long to be able to just hold him and love him without a nurse hanging out with us telling us what we can and can't do. (I know they are just looking out for Erik's best interest). We will miss some of the nurses, especially his primary care nurse, Jackie. Well, that's all for now. I will post pictures later.

Kidney infection

Erik has a kidney infection. We are happy that a small round of antibiotics will clear it up. He is gaining weight again and weighs 3 lbs. 6 oz!! He is much closer to being able to come home. We can harldy wait!

Slideshow

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Click on the above link and hopefully a slideshow of Erik's early days will come up. This is my first time trying it so I hope it works.

Open bed.

Justin and Erik
Erik is 3 lbs. 2 oz. and doing great! Now that he weighs more than 3 lbs. he can sleep in an open bed/bassinett. No more incubator! He drinks 1-2 oz. from a bottle and is getting better at mastering that. He's our little miracle!

3 lbs!!!

Erik is 3 lbs. 1 oz. today. Now that he weighs 3 lbs. his nurse feels comfortable putting him in an open bed. So, now he is out of the incubator and he is in his "big boy" bed. I look forward to seeing him again tomorrow. I can't get enough of him, he is so cute and precious and such an amazing miracle!

Bath time!

Rub-a-dub-dub, Erik's in the tub:0)
Big brother, Justin, looking on.
Relaxing in the bath.
Time to dry off and get warm.
All clean and warm. Sweet boy.