Day 53

Another busy day... Holden's had a great day today, and we've had some excitement around here! Biggest news first... Notice anything missing?? He has one less tube in his nose. :)

After the excitement of taking the tube/tape off, he got out of his bed for physical therapy, a first... Granny, Karen, Kristen and Taylor came to see us, and Granny and Karen came back in time to see him playing on his blankets on the floor. Granny got to hold him for a little while, and I'm sure that made her day. When they left, we tried (unsuccessfully) to get him to take a nap... We talked to a few more doctors and then Granny B and Paul came up to bring us some of the packages we had mailed to their house. I'm sure she's regretting offering her services as temporary post office by now! They watched Holden while we went to eat dinner, and he finally took a short nap. I guess this means he's getting his personality back... He was done sleeping before he was born.

When the GI doctor came in to speak with us, he said that he doesn't think that pancreatitis is really even a problem anymore. (We're still a little confused by this opinion, but we'll try anything at this point.) The lipase are still elevated, up to 1000's this morning, but if he's not symptomatic, the dr. doesn't see any reason to not try starting him on normal feeds again. I'm not sure if that's going to work or not, but we'll see... We were going to take things slow, but Holden had other ideas. He must have heard us talking earlier, and he decided he's already done with his feeding tube. Trent was sitting next to the bed, and Holden ripped out the tube... He ripped the tape off the side of his face and everything. He really wanted that NG tube out. We're trying to decide what to do now... We don't want to rush him, but we don't really want to go through getting the tube back NJ again either. Man, he still knows how to keep us on our toes! I'll keep you posted. :)

I've been a busy (read: annoying) photographer lately...

 This seahorse was one of his Christmas gifts, and he loves it! He hugs on it when he thinks nobody will catch him being sweet. :)

 Playing with some more of his Christmas presents, on the floor! It's the first time he's been out of the bed in almost two months, so it was pretty exciting.

 Happy boy... I've sure missed those cheeks!!