Day 4

Today we woke up at 5 am for my daily blood-work. We made a call over to Children's to check how the feedings went overnight. The feedings are going very well, Tucker is taking milk like a champ. They have to limit his food and slowly increase the amount, which leaves him looking for more (He is truly a Pelkey). They are giving him breast milk (but his supply is currently limited) they are supplementing with Similac Advance to increase his caloric intake. They have started weaning him off of the IV and Dextrose. It looks like everything is going well and he can probably skip the first major open heart surgery. Tucker is still waiting for an opening on the cardiac floor, but he is doing so well that he wont need to go to the cardiac NICU. Instead he will be in a regular room with a convertible bed for mom or dad. This will allow one of us to stay overnight with him and the other to be home with Spencer every night. We would like to keep Spencer's schedule as normal as possible.

We spent quite a long time in the NICU today, We got to meet the attending cardiologist over Tucker, his name was Wayne and Kevin. Not sure about their last names as I left the paperwork in the ICU. They explained that Tucker will have to be put on Lasix in the morning because his oxygen level is steadily increasing, which means there is too much blood flow going to his lungs. They are not too concerned about it, but it might buy us a little less time before the next surgery. Dr Kevin and Dr Wayne made a bet. Dr Kevin said that he thinks Tucker will need surgery around the 3-4month range. Dr Wayne thinks that he will be fine to wait until 6 months. I told them that I will buy them both Starbucks! They really are fantastic!

Tucker also had a lot of visitors today, Kelli came down from Maine to meet him and help me out so Gary could spend a night home with Spencer. Aunt Lolly, Grandfather, Nana, Aunt Nancy, Pam, Spencer and my cousin Jessica also stopped by.

Gary is going to go home tonight, my friend Kelli is going to spend the night with me in my room. Gary should be back in Boston in the afternoon for my checkout of Brigham Women's.