4 Weeks :D

I can't believe it has already been four weeks since all this drama started! Time sure does fly by. TJ progesses more and more everyday. He still has excess fluid in his brain. He had a small bleed which is pretty common in premies, but it caused a clot and now the CSF (cerebral spinal fluid) is building up in the ventricles in his brain. They have been monitoring it by taking ultrasounds once a week. They noticed that the clot is getting smaller but they are concerned that its not shrinking at a fast enough rate. They measure his head every day, and each time they have measured it his head has gotten a little bit bigger. Some of that is due to him growing, but it also is because of the pressure the fluid is starting to put on his brain. They are starting to become concerned that his body isn't absorbing the clot fast enough. If they decide that there is too much pressure they will have to place a tube down into his ventricles to relieve the pressure. It could resolve the problem, or the fluid could just continue to build up and they will have to continually drain it a few times a year. They aren't really sure if there will be any damaging effects from the pressure that is on his brain right now. He seems like he has normal brain function as of right now. They had an occupational therapist come chek him out and she said his reaction to light and sound was great and that his reflexes and muscle tone were all very good as well. He has just started sucking from a bottle which is a huge step! I have been able to feed him three times from a bottle and he always does extremely well with it. We tried breast feeding on friday and as soon as he had it in his mouth he just fell right asleep lol. He hasn't connected that he can get food out of there too :D.