6 Weeks, 1 Day (GA: 34 Weeks)

Gabe has made some good progress.  He is back in the crib again (after a brief return to an isolette) and he is not getting constant oxygen.  So he does not have a nasal canulla in his nose anymore.  The truth is, it is sitting nearby at 1/4 liter/minute and the nurses throw it on his nose on occasion.  For example, he had the hiccups today and just didn't want to breath regularly so they put that on to help him stay saturated.  Also, when he tries to breastfeed he gets a little extra help.  But while he is in his crib he is breathing room air just like the rest of us.

Several people told me that they really liked the video of Gabe---even though it was of such a poor quality.  Our real camcorder is on the fritz, but here is another attempt with our normal camera.  It is a huge improvement over the cell phone.



Zeke is also doing well.  He still gets oxygen and is in an isolette.  But he weighed 1780 grams last night so the nurse hopes that he will be transferred to a crib tonight.  They usually wait until a baby is 1800 grams before they allow a crib.

I also shot a video of Zeke:



Last night we stayed the night in a hotel in Salt Lake.  I had dozed off and I half heard Nanette going in and out of the room and calling the front desk on the phone and then going in and out again.  I finally woke up enough to ask what she was doing.  She wanted to get ice so she could keep the milk she pumped in the night cold.  "Why don't you just use the fridge in our room?" I asked.  It's so good to see Nanette laugh like that.  Funny thing is, when we left in the morning we forgot the milk anyway.  Oh well, we still have hundreds of bottles in our freezer.