May 23 - Update

Hello everyone,

Carter seems to be doing really well. They've steadied him on his oxygen and have changed his feeding to "bolus". He is fed 2 oz (about 56ml) in 60 minutes and then they unhook his feeding tube and wait an hour. After the hour rest, they feed him again the same amount over the next hour and then unhook him and wait an hour.

So he is fed 12 hours a day and isn't fed 12 hours a day but is getting the same volume as the continuous feed. Amazing!

Tonight he was awake all during "Flushed Away" that we watched together as a family, all 5 of us. Carter didn't seem to be too interested in the movie though. Everybody got a turn to talk to him, to play with him and watch the movie from time to time. Carter has three nurses with him tonight, the regular nurse, a student nurse and the tech. Of course they all love him.

We'll see what next week brings. He goes in for a echocardiogram on Tuesday to see how his heart holes are doing and we'll see where we go from there.

Thank you for all your prayer and support.

Love,
Alan & Kristi