Dear Everyone, To all those wonderful people who sent messages of love and support to our family - thank you so much, all those messages helped enormously. I did pass them all on to Sally and she sends her gratitude as well - she was quite overwhelmed at the level of support on this list. Thank you. Reuben was transferred to our regional hospital on Friday (70 k's away) and is looking FANTASTIC. He is now 37+2 gestation and will be 10 weeks old tomorrow. He is basically having all "suck" feeds - at the breast when Sally is there and EBM at other times, although he has needed the occasional gavage since his transfer as he's been a bit tired and had the occasional brady and desat. He does seem quite vulnerable to change and it takes him a little while to settle in. However, despite all that he's been through, he appears to be a very calm and cuddly little boy. He weighed in at a massive 2 kg! and has a nice little layer of fat. Now that he's off the HMF, he's lost that slightly "bullfroggy" look and his gain is more natural. Lovely to see him doing normal baby things - mouthing, looking for his fists to suck on, peeing and pooing everywhere, etc. Hopefully, we'll have him home in a couple of weeks and, as I've got 5 weeks leave starting tomorrow, I'll be able to catch up on cuddles. Of course, we think often of our Tilly and wonder what she would have looked like etc. - she will always be a part of our family. Tas, the 4 y/o, seems to have a very good grasp of everything that has gone on and has learnt so much over these 10 weeks. He is lovely and gentle with Reuben and often talks about Tilly as well. Thank you all again. Love, Joy
Joy Cocks RN (Div 1) RM CBE IBCLC BRIGHT Vic 3741 email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- This mailing list is sponsored by ACE Graphics. Visit <http://www.acegraphics.com.au> to subscribe or unsubscribe.
