Good News

We had a busy weekend, but fun. Nana and Papaw came over Saturday morning to watch Cody play ball. Cody played very well. Then, we all went to the Kimberly-Clark United Way Cruise-In at the Richard Childress Racing Museum (Matt was already there with his Mustang, they all "cruised" there from Kimberly-Clark). On Sunday, Adam was able to enjoy his own baby shower. It was originally scheduled for December, but was cancelled with his early arrival being postponed until after he got out of the hospital. After the baby shower, we went out to eat to celebrate NanNan Barbara's birthday.

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Tuesday was a busy day as well. Cody spent the morning with his friend, Nicholas, and they went to Bounce U in Winston. Adam spent his morning at the Surgery Clinic with Dr. Petty and staff. Everyone was pleased with his progress. Adam weighed 16 pounds when he was weighed on Sunday night and his continuous feedings are up to 24 cc's per hour (which is about halfway to full feeds). So, on Tuesday, Dr. Petty determined that based on Adam's weight gain, he could start getting less calories and would be able to be off of the TPN for 6 hours a day now (up from 4 hours). He now only has one line (feeding tube) from 3-9pm each night!! We were hoping for an 8-hour break, but we'll take a 6-hour break and hope for an 8-12 hour break to come next. Dr. Petty also told us that thanks to the fish oil (based on Adam's bloodwork and the progress that he has made with his feedings), he thinks Adam's liver damage has been reversed and he looks to be out of the woods for any future liver damage! At his next appointment, Adam will have a chest x-ray to make sure his Broviac line is still in the right place and an abdominal x-ray.

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Tuesday night, we went to part of Brett's soccer game and Cody had a ballgame. And, Cody is supposed to have two more make-up games this week, Thursday and Friday night (unless the rain postpones them again). If they get to play, this should be the last week of ballgames.