Just when we thought...

Hello all. I haven't updated the Blog recently because I can only say so much about how great Baker is doing. We had no significant changes until today. Baker is now 4 lbs 8 oz and still plumping up nicely, he's still on low flow O2 and doing fine with it.

Baker had his cranial MRI yesterday. This provides a better idea on how his brain faired after all the bleeding and we got excellent news!!! He did have a very small amount of PVL on the left ventricle but that's it!!! So in English (from what I understand) this means the damage is very minimal and more then likely nothing to worry about at all. The MRI isn't the end all test, we will only know how his head is really around his 3^rd year of life – but from having the highest grade bleed a baby can have to this is absolutely remarkable.

Now for the not so good news… He had his follow up eye exam, and is showing the beginning stages of ROP. He is now in stage 2, which is good that we caught it this early. Baker is going to move to a different hospital for a couple of days for another exam and eventually laser surgery on his eyes. The laser surgery is a lot like Lasik. He is probably going to have to go back on the breathing tube for the surgery, but we heard that the outcomes after surgery are usually great. He may not even need glasses in a best case situation. We've been told by two different nurses now to be prepared when we get to the new hospital, that it's not run like the one he's in and that it's a residency (or teaching) hospital. He was supposed to leave today, but they canceled the transport at the last moment so we are currently on standby – and probably be moving him tomorrow.

Just when we thought we were out of the woods, it turns out it was just a small clearing. J