April 10 Post

Hello again,

Carter is still on the canula and may not have to go back to the CPAP machine. Also, we received the confirmed diagnosis today that Carter has a condition called Trisomy-21 or what is commonly called Down Syndrome in which there are three chromosome-21s instead of the usual two. We recognized some of the characteristics when he was born but the doctors wanted to confirm it.

He has done well with his feeding so they are removing the umbilical catheter which means he can be HELD!! Yee haw!

More to come later tonight.

Alan & Kristi