Happy Fathers Day!

Monday is a big day for us.... if you look at our history on this blog you will see that Monday is scary in our NICU world. The big test for Lincoln is his ability to be fed and tolerate the feeds. Feeds were restarted on Friday morning.. as of Saturday afternoon feeds were stopped. Apparently feedings did not go well. This has reignited the doctors zest for performing another surgery on our little boy. Our hope was that once feedings were re-introduced, that all would go well and LIncoln would grow and gain weight as a baby should. All options have been exhausted. The last and only option left is to surgically open him up and search for the source of his problems. This is very scary for us since we have been told that he will not be able to survive if he lost any more intestine. With this new information we can only wait until the morning when we meet with his surgical team to see what the new plan is. He is beautiful and such a feisty little boy that we have no doubt that he will overcome whatever this newest hurdle will be. We are enjoying dressing him finally and that is soooo much fun for us! He was 4lb 2.5 oz as of last night and looks like a big boy! I held him today and realized how strong he is! He was trying to turn his head (bigggg no-no with the vent-tube in) and as I tried to hold it down I realized how much strength he has! He is a VERY strong baby and is just as stubborn as his daddy! He has a reputation in the J4 NICU... they triple tape his cords and lines and their only reasoning is that "it's Lincoln" .... he is such a fighter and the strongest child I've ever seen.. we cannot wait to get him home with us!