June 23, 2011--Today was a good day

Today was a good day. Around 230 Ricky and I went down to get a drink and a snack in the cafeteria when we got back to the nicu around 3 Tripp was asleep and before he had went to sleep he had pulled (tape and all) the nasal canula completely off of his face.  Since he had been doing good while he was asleep with it off we just decided to take it off and not put it back on.  So today we got to take a picture of our little boy with no tubes on his face for the first time in 45 days :) He is continuing to do better each day, and today he weighed 11 lbs and 3.6 oz.  The plastics resident also came by and gave us some very good maybe news that he will be talking with Tripps doctor about.  If everyone could just please say a prayer that whatever decision they make will be the best for Tripp and our family. 

                                       1st picture with no tubes on his face May 11, 2011

2nd picture with nothing on face June 23, 2011 (he loves his paci and loves to be swaddled)