hanging out

Henrik is now 4 lbs 12 oz. They have stopped his bottle feedings and are giving him a three day cycle of lasix because he has a bit of swelling around his ankles and undercarriage.  They want him to be at 60 respirations or less per minute before they restart bottle feedings.  Henrik also needs to go back down to 1.5 or 1 liter of O2 before they restart bottle feedings.  This is just a pause in his progress, especially since Henrik was going gangbusters a week and a half ago going onto a cannula, a crib, and a bottle.
Henrik was slated to be due one month from today.  Tomorrow he'll have been out 10 weeks, 5 at "Big Hermann" and 5 at "Southwest."  Henrik did well for me last night with his respirations, but that's the healing power of chest hair.  We were both super-relaxed and took naps.
I took a nap because we hosted Anders' half birthday party with the help of Anders' godparents Brad and Martha Albers.  We had 30-35 people cycle through the house.  Anna kept them busy will all sorts of fun preschooler games.  Brad and Martha helped us set up, stay stocked up, and clean up.  Spending 3-4 hours hosting a party for 4.5 year olds, give or take, is exhausting.  Anders was exhausted yesterday, but did not take a nap, but he was early to bed.  Anders has also taken an epic nap this afternoon.  Brad and Martha may or may not make it home tonight as there is bad weather bearing down on Chicago.
My job was to pick up supplies, collect the continuously garbage flow, and chase nerf-style stomp rockets into neighbors' yards.  This job gave me the opportunity to meet the neighbor behind our house, a really nice and gracious guy.  Once I got the stomp rocket floating in his swimming pool, I did not return the rockets to the kids.
Anders had a ball, and I think his friends did too!  It was a lot of fun, and we'll have Chiptle leftovers for the week!
We are hanging in there.  We had an "Ice Day" on Friday and might have one again on Tuesday!  I hope we only have a month left with Henrik in the hospital.