Visitors

Since our last post, Thomas' nurse was worried that he seemed to be running a slight temperature that evening. He also seemed quite grizzly so the doctors decided to put him on some antibiotics straight away rather than let anything develop.

By the next morning, his blood test did show that he seemed to be fighting some kind of infection however, his temperature had already dropped and he did seem much calmer than the night before.

We have both been quite worried by the infection since one of the other babies in the unit had to be transferred to another hospital for an operation because she had developed an infection in her lower intestine. We really hope that Florence is OK especially as very sadly we learnt that another baby died in the unit yesterday. When we compare Thomas' infection to these and some of the other babies that are in the unit, we have to say that we have so far been extremely lucky and every day he does seem to show steady progress and is already starting to breathe without his C-PAP for 3 hours every day.

Today, Thomas was visited by his Aunty Jackie and Uncle Jim (mum's cousins). He managed to open his eyes to see them and next time they visit, hopes to be proudly wearing his new special tiny clothes that they bought especially for him.

After Aunty Jackie and Uncle Jim left, dad got a lovely cuddle with Thomas and we left him peacefully sleeping. If you're wondering why dad is baring his hairy chest, skin-to-skin contact has shown to be extremely beneficial for premature babies.