Coming Home Soon!

The doctors are pleased with William's progress thus far. This morning his bloodwork showed that his sodium is normal and his bilirubin is still low. We have made some progress breastfeeding, but it seems that William has a weak tongue (according to a lactation consultant). We are pumping what we can and supplementing with formula. We were hesitant to supplement, but the nurses reminded us that we have to look at it as though it is medicine. In order for William to stay off of the IV (which he as been for most of the day) he needs to be eating a certain amount every three hours. Tomorrow we will work with the lactation consultant some more and do our best to get him to latch on for a prolonged period of time. A room opened up for us today, so we are able to spend the night at the hospital until he comes home. They are hopeful that we may all be able to go home tomorrow, but it all depends on his bloodwork tomorrow morning. We'll let you know!