A Birthday Party

Today was all about Miss Claire. She turns three on Monday, but we celebrated a few days early. Since Claire had spent the night with my mom, we had time to prepare for the party. We wanted to have the party somewhere close to the hospital, so we could also spend some time with Kelson. After considering all of our options, we decided to have the party at the hospital. The NICU social worker was able to book an meeting room for us, and we brought in pizza, cake, drinks and balloons. It all came together great, and Claire had a great time.

Kelson had a great day too. His chest x-ray was still good, so the ventilator is GONE. They even decided to skip the CPAP machine, and put him on a low-flow nasal cannula. This allows Kelson to do all of the breathing on his own, and provides minimal pressure support. They will work on weaning this pressure, and hopefully his first bottle is in the near future. Kelson spent the majority of the day sleeping. He seems
much more content now that he is breathing on his own. Kelson is making giant steps and taking everything in stride.

Tonight we had a visit from Kristas good childhood friend, Jesse Swigart. We are really enjoying living so much closer to friends, and having a great place to entertain.

We didn't spend as much time with Kelson today as we would have liked, but it was important to have a day focused on Claire. The day ended watching her new Strawberry Shortcake movie before going to bed. We are very lucky to have two wonderful kids to spend time with; and soon we will be able to do it under the same roof!