4 Weeks Old

A month ago today Korbin entered our lives. Before he was born, there was no way of knowing how he would touch our lives and the lives of those who know him only by name. He is unaware of the amount of prayers that are spoken for him and honestly, I am not sure that I am aware of how many prayers are being said for him and my family. It was a whirlwind entry that essentially turned our lives upside down. Looking back at that day and the fact that he was not expected to make it through the night makes where we are now seem like a feat of monumental proportions.

As of yesterday, he is no longer on IV fluids and will not have another IV inserted unless for some reason he stops tolerating his feeds or needs extra fluids. He has been tolerating his feeds so well that they have put him on a 24 calorie formula. He was on a 22 calorie formula. I believe that most normal formulas are 20 calories so they are trying to put more weight on him. They think that he should start gaining weight a little quicker now. He was 4lbs 1oz again today but did gain some weight in grams. The speach pathologist began working with him today. They will do some excersises with him to increase his endurance and strengthen his sucking reflex as well as work on his coordination. They will do what is basically weight lifting for his tongue to try and help him feed better from a bottle. He is slowly improving on the amount taken in by bottle. He still seems so little but he is looking bigger everyday. The blood test that was ordered came back negative for the virus that the Dr suspected made him so sick at birth so we are back to not knowing and will likely never know what made my little warrior so sick. Either way, the results would not change what we are already dealing with so it really doesn't do anymore than put us back to not knowing why this happened. Speaking with the Dr., I mentioned how long this month has been. I guess putting it in their perspective, this month, starting where we did, has gone quickly. I was told that as sick. little and early as he was, we have made huge strides.

Sabrina