One Month

It's hard to believe that it's been a month since Brady's birth. We're so proud of the progress he's made and so thankful to the doctors and nurses who continue to care for him.

We think the superhero costume Brady wore yesterday might have rubbed off on him.

When Ali and I arrived at the hospital today, the OT met us in the hall. She said Brady had his best day of therapy with her today. The neurologist was also checking on Brady at the time, and they both were impressed with Brady's progress through all of the exercises. The OT also said that Brady had his best feeding with her at 10 a.m. Brady took 78 ml, and she believed he would've taken the entire 110 ml if it wasn't for his reflux problems.

In fact, Brady had his best day ever eating. He took 42 ml at 9:30 p.m., 15 ml at 1:00 a.m., 20 ml at 4:00 a.m., slept through his 7:00 feeding, took 78 ml at 10:00 a.m. (with OT), took 48 ml at 1:00 p.m. (with Ali), and took 60 ml at 4:00 p.m. (with Ali and me tag teaming him).

The OT believes he might now be strong enough to complete entire feedings, and that sentiment was echoed by our nurses and the neonatologist. They moved Brady to a different reflux medicine today called Protonix. We'll know in the next 24 hours if the new medicine will allow him to complete a full feeding.

If he doesn't make those final strides this weekend, we'll probably make our final G-J tube decision by Monday.

It's a big weekend for Brady. We know that Brady continues to be healed through your words of encouragement and prayers. Please say an extra prayer or two over the next couple of days.

With love,

Tyler, Ali, Ava, Casey and Brady