1st Dip on the Coaster

Henrik had his ultrasound today.  It showed a spot on his brain, but the radiologist could not tell whether or not it was a brain bleed because it was so small.  Even level 1 or level 2 brain bleeds are just monitored, and no action is taken initially.  So, it seems that we either have a blip that is nothing or a less than level one brain bleed.  They will do another ultrasound in a week to see if they can tell more then.  Obviously, we wish that no spot had shown up, but we are glad that it is so small and inconclusively a bleed. 
Henrik is back under the lights with Billy Reuben.  He is off of humidity because any more time with humidity can lead to yeast infections since preemie skin is so thin.  Once they turn the lights off in a day or two, then we can hold him!
Henrik's still getting 25 breaths per minute on the respirator and his 02 levels remain in the mid 20% range. 
He's gone up from 6 to 8 mils on his feedings.  Henrik is eating enough that he is now getting donor milk.  Anna's already starting to taper off her pumping.  Donor milk is a relatively new concept here, which is a surprise since they were doing it four years ago in Minneapolis, and it did not seem like some hip, new thing there at that time. 
Well, we were overdue for a hiccup, so there it is, and it appears rather minor at this point, but we are officially on the roller coaster now. 
We still have much to be thankful for this Thanksgiving.  Until Black Friday...