As the doctors warned us in the beginning that Piercen's progress would be a roller coaster ride and for the first time since he was born we have come to this. As I posted before the nurse practitioner said that Piercen may get to come home on Wednesday and his feeding tube was taken out, well the feeding tube is back in as of yesterday and he will not get to come home tomorrow.:( The doctors are not satisfied at how much he is eating on his own and want him to gain wait, not loose it They ran a bunch of test on him this morning to check is blood levels to see if maybe he needed another blood transfusion, which at this point his blood levels are good and he will not need a transfusion. They also did another brain scan and that appears to still be getting smaller, this of course is great news. So as we got some bad news we also got good news too, and we are thankful for this. Our tiny man is now 6lbs 1oz!!! As I look back to the day he was born it seems like he has been in our lives for such a short time, but then as I am living it it feels like an eternity. My due date was April 12th so we would have not even gotten to meet him yet, and I am glad that the worst part of it is over. We have gotten this far and I know we will make it the rest of the way.
Thanks for continuing to watch his progress :)

Justin and Houston went camping this weekend, and Ashlyn and I stayed at my mom and dad's house, so I decided that it was time for Ashlyn to meet her little brother. She had to check him out his eyes,nose, mouth, feet and hands. She is going to be quite the helper she insisted on helping me feed him his bottle. Piercen also got his feeding tube out!! He his now tubeless and we are so excited about this. When I went up this morning the nurse practiconer came in and said they were doing a hearing test, (which he passed) and they were going to do another brain scan on Tuesday and if everything looks good----- they may send him home on Wednesday!!! I can't believe that after all this time we are now talking about bringing our tiny man home. I have to admit that I am a little nervous about bringing him home. We will have to take some classes and be CPR certified before they will discharge him, with alot of reasurement they would not send hom home until he his completly ready. Our lives are about to get back to "normal" with our entire family at home and I can't wait for that. We have been through so much and I am defintly ready for this. We will keep you posted as to when Piercen will be home. Thank you so much for all the thoughts and prayers, please continue to pray for him as we still have a long journey ahead. ( I will post some new pictures of him as soon as I get a few minutes)

With great surprise Piercen has moved to the ICU Annex, which is one step closer to going home. I was shocked yesterday morning when I called to see how Piercen's night had gone they told me they moved him to the annex at 7:00 am. It is alot quiter here, he has his own room which is very nice. Today is the 40th day that he has been in the hospital, and I am soooo ready for him to be home it feels like the drive (1 hour there and 1 hour back) is getting longer and longer each day. The nurse told me last night that if his feedings continue to go well that we will start talking about discharge instructions. I am so excited,but try not to get my hopes up to much as it could still be a while before that BIG day. He his gaining weight, Sunday he was 5lbs11oz, and his getting a double chin!! I finally had to take his preemie clothes home and bring is newborn clothes up. Piercen is also staying up more on Monday night he was awake the whole time I was there looking around and was really checking his mommy out. We have our CPR class next Wednesday so hopefully soon after he will be home. Please continue to pray that he can get his suck,swallow, and breath routine down.

Piercen had his brain scan yesterday and the doctor said that it appears to be getting smaller and that the bleeding has stopped!! They will not continue to do anymore scans weekly,they will do one more before he gets ready to come home. Piercen is still having problems with his feedings the doctor said he is still hopeful that he will pick it up with time. If he does not they will start with a speech therapist and from there they will do a feed study to see if maybe his food is going down the wrong tube, if so they said they thicken his food to either a honey or cereal consistancy, and that it will correct it self. This is Piercen's last hurdle that he has to overcome before he gets to come home, they say it could be days or weeks it is up to him and they are not going to push him. We are getting anxious for our tiny man to come home and "join"our lives here at home. He is such a little fighter and is know 5lbs 6ounces, he is getting to be such a "big boy".

Today was another great day for Piercen!!
He his more alert and rooting as it gets close to his feedings, he took two and half bottles today! His only test for this next week is his weekly brain scan, this is scheduled for Thursday. Please pray that his little brain bleed has not gotten any bigger and that it is draining. I will post when we know the results.
Thanks again for keeping him in your prayers!

Piercen is 1 month old!!
As I sit and look back at the begining I can't believe that he his a month old. The stuggles that he has gone through,the machines that he was on, the what ifs that went through our minds-was our baby boy even going to make it? I am so thankful that those days our over! I know now that my tiny man will get to come home, when we don't know. We have been so blessed to have such great doctors, nurses, family and friends that have gotten us through each and every day. We could have never gotten through this journey with out all of your thoughts,prayers and support.

His little feet!! Don't they look big for a preemie?

When my Mom and I went to see Piercen last week I was surprised to find out that they were moving him to intermidiate! When we finally got settled Adriana the nurse asked me if I wanted to give him his first bath-so here are some pictures of him. Piercen was not to sure about his bath,but like Nana said you better get use to them because when you get home you will get one daily.

Nana in her glory, she finally got to hold Piercen after he was three weeks old. My mom got sick and did not get to see him for about 2 weeks, so when she started feeling better she couldn't wait to get her hands on him.

This was Piercen's "POD" before he got moved to intermediate. There are 4 babies to a pod and 2 nurses in each pod.

Here is what the NICU looks like. Piercens home away from home.

Piercen had his eye exam today and the doctor said everything looks great, and he will not need another exam until he is 2!! Its just the little things that keep us going-Hang in there tiny man. We love you!!!

Piercen had a busy week last week he moved to intermediate ICU and turned 3 weeks old! We are so proud of our little man he has fought so hard to get where he is today. We are so thankful to his nurses and doctors for what they have done for our tiny man. He is now trying to eat from a bottle and his struggling with it. He also still has bleeding on the brain and the doctor is still watching it very closely, he has head ultrasounds everyweek and they check his head measurements daily, they are still very hopeful that it will heal on it's own. He his getting bigger and his now at 4lbs 11oz!! Tomorrow he will have his first eye exam,which is routine in the NICU. We are so blessed to have so many people praying for our tiny man we know that the prayers have gotten him to where he his today. (I have some new pictures and will post them as soon as I get an extra minute). Thanks again to everyone for there support through our journey.