Day 99...

As of this morning, Thomas is weighing in a bit over 5 lbs, 11 oz. Thomas is continuing to bottle-feed, we have been able to lower his oxygen flow to 3 liters and Thomas's aldactazide (his diuretic) has been discontinued. The plan for the next few days includes lowering the oxygen flow to 2 1/2 liters as soon as Thomas's doctors think he can handle it, and lowering his caffeine dosage. Thomas's eye doctor continues to be pleased with Thomas's eye development, and in fact, Thomas has earned a pass for this week - needing to be examined every two weeks instead of every week.

To be honest, (knock on wood, fingers crossed, hopping on one foot...) things are pretty quiet in Thomas's corner of the NICU - and that's just the way we like it. Because our little man is quickly becoming our little fat man, it's only a matter of time before Thomas grows enough lung tissue to replace the diseased tissue. No one can say for sure yet when Thomas will be able to come home, but he is certainly taking a lot of steps in the right direction....which would be away from Hackensack and towards Montclair. :)

So TJC mom and dad are pretty much just hanging out with our little guy each day, watching his personality (and the rest of him) grow. Long gone are the quiet, gentle days of preemie-dom. Thomas is now a crying, kicking screaming baby....and believe it or not we are loving every minute of it!!!!

We are, as always, extraordinarily proud of our little guy.

We've included a few new pics below - enjoy!

Thanks for sharing, we'll be back soon!

-TJC mom and dad