Jack and the Binkie

Well, Jack took his first binkie yesterday! :) Luckily we were there to witness this. The last few days we've noticed that he has been trying to suck on his ventilator tube and anything else that gets near his mouth. His nurse, Kristi offered to get him a binkie, and sure enough that was just what Jack had in mind! He chewed on it a couple times at first and then went to town. Looks like we have yet another binkie kid in the Pighetti family! :)

Health-wise Jack is also doing well. He had another spinal tap yesterday to re-check the meningitis. It came back clear for microrganisms but still positive for WBCs. This is good, it means that the anti-biotics are working to clear the infection but that his body is still reacting to it. He has had all negative blood cultures since the 4th, and is back taking breastmilk. They have him up to 16mL every 3 hours which does not seem like a lot considering his tiny tummy. They will continue the antibiotics for awhile longer to make sure that the infection it totally gone.

Mom leaves tomorrow :-( Very sad. Hopefully I can continue to make the house run once she is gone. It was such a blessing to have her here, and at least we know she will be back again come May so we'll try not to miss her too terrible much.

That's all for now,

~Jeny