Baby Avery: the past few days…

Avery with his new IV at the top of his head. They have pricked him a number of times but the IV’s keep going bad.

Just to give you guys an update, Avery has been showing positive signs of sucking with the oral therapy treatments he has been getting. Please continue to pray about this… He also has been digesting most of his food and going number two! He is still having some trouble with this but it seems he is getting the hang of it. REMINDER: He is being fed through a feeding tube through the nose and into the tummy. The issues with his sucking reflex makes him unable to feed orally.

His surgery incision in the back of his head has been leaking which isn’t good. It leaked through the night last night and a little today. The made a call to the neurologist and he told the nurses if it continues to happen that they may need to go in and adjust the shunt with another surgery. This can lead to infection so they are needing to keep a close eye on it.   Another surgery is the last thing we want so pray that the fluid drains properly through the shunt and not through the incision. Also pray that the nurses handling him through out the night would be lead in wisdom and knowledge from the Holy spirit. Some nurses are different from others. Last night Jenn & Omy didn’t feel peace about the nurse that took care of him. They said she was handling him around his incision a little rough while giving him a bath. Which leads us to the thought maybe that’s why it was leaking through out the night.  He used his lungs quite a bit today and it was awesome to hear him cry. I know it was because he was in pain do to the leaking but it use to be little grunts and now its more of a ‘waaaaaa!’ This is a good sign of strength. His one eye that has been swollen shut for about a week was starting to open as we talked to him.

Thanks again for praying!