One more step.

Gavin is trying to be a big boy and hold his pacifier on his own. We are going to try and bottle feed him tonight because he is doing good sucking and as long as he remembers to breathe when he is feeding they will continue and eventually he will be off his feeding tube, this process may take a few weeks but this is a good step in the right direction. Yeah!!! Also they moved him back into a regular crib again and as long as his temp is good he should stay there. Yeah again!!! Our little guy is still as stinky as ever, and Daddy got to change it for the first time today.

Gavin had to have a blood transfusion yesterday, They did his blood work and found that his red blood cells were low and that he was anemic so they decided that a transfusion was best. They also said that it will help with his temp and that that may be the reason he is so cold all the time. He had to have 2 units of blood, they each took 3 hours to do. The nurse had to put the iv back in his head to do it, usually that is the best place to find a good vein on babies. Poor guy. It went really well and they said his levels were back to where they should be so it looks like it has helped. He may have to have another one before he goes home, but we will see.

Here is a picture of the iv and you can see the blood in the back of the isolet. He was trying to pull on it all the time, not sure if he liked it or not.