4 days old

Whew this stuff is tiring. Now I see why my Dad had white hair by 35, he had me! Spent the day at the hospital visiting with Trout and pumping lots of good milk for him to eat. My job in the breast pumping procedure is to fiddle with all the syringes, bottles, hoses and the pump itself, while simultaneously monitoring the flux capacitor and giving Rose cold drinks. She mainly just sits there... Anyways Trout looked good today and the docs decided to up his feedings 3ml every 3 hours so by 5pm today he was getting about 15ml per meal. A pitifully small amount but chock full of good love. He has lost about 10% of his birth weight (which is good) and will hopefully stabilize soon and start putting it back on next week. They tell us if he passes his birth weight again within two weeks thats a good sign. Steph and Dave Ryan stopped by to say hi to the little fella, just a few of his approximately 64 aunts and uncles out there. We've been stunned and grateful for all the love that is pouring in, way too much to absorb yet but all the offers for food, shelter, prayers, clothes have reminded us once again what a powerful, thoughtful crew we have here in CO and in places more distant. SO much love and thanks to you all! Tomorrow is my birthday so I get to hold Trout, finally! And the rollercoaster loops around yet again...