Blessing

The last couple days have been good for Elijah and Ma and Pa. We've received some good news and seen some tubes taken out (we can hold him much easier and more frequently now!). Elijah had a test done on his kidney and everything looks good, the Dr. said that since he's starting with just one kidney his body will adjust and it will do the work of two. If you or I were to lose one it would be a problem, but since he's just starting out he'll be just fine. Elijah has also started to pee and poop a good amount (so no more catheter) and he's slowly being weened onto Momma's milk (as of Friday night).
As of now we are just trying to keep raising his amount of Ma's milk and ween him off of the supplemental IV's. That way he'll have no more things sticking into his little body. The immediate goal is get him to latch on to Mommy (which is challenging for any baby but a little extra for a premature baby).

The little guy is just a trooper, so tough and strong already. During his tests and frequent "stabbings" he just toughs it out. Such an amazing little man! We are as proud as parents can be of our boy.

We're tired but feeling good and hopeful about taking him home within the next week and a half, maybe sooner.

Thanks again for all the support and prayers, we've heard from so many people who are standing with us and it's been very comforting.

ps. When I say we're tired I mean the kind of tired where you're walking down the hall and see a sign that says "Women's Rest Room" and for a few seconds you get really excited because you think it's a room where your wife and maybe you can rest. Yep, I did that.