April 3 Post

Hello everyone,

We wanted to give you an update on Carter. Carter was taken off the ventilator today at 11:00 a.m. and breathing on his own but with some oxygen assistance. His heart seems to be good at this point and the "puffyness" of his head and neck from the gestational diabetes are decreasing daily.

Up next some time the week of April 7th is feeding. Slowly with a feeding tube at first and progressing to bottles and nursing. Then some more tests for his abdomen. We'll be up at the hospital daily, including this weekend, but with as yet unknown times. You're welcome to come up and see him if you are interested, just let us know.

NICU visit guidelines:
Grandparents can come anytime WITH or WITHOUT the baby's parents present.**
All others can come between 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. WITH the baby's parents present.
Only sibling children are allowed in the NICU with the baby's parents.
No visitors in the NICU during shift change which are 6:30-7:30 a.m and p.m.

Love,
Alan & Kristi