6 days old...

Jackson is 6 days old and doing amazing! This guy is such a fighter for his little size. He has made amazing progress in the last 6 days and we are so excited. He is now off of all IV's and feeding really well. He is up to 28 ml of milk at each feeding and the doctor is increasing his feeds every day. His weight has started to increase, his weight went down 5% in the first 5 days which was expected and as of yesterday it went up 2%. The doctor is going to try and get him out of the warmer in the next couple of days and see if he can maintain his temp on his own. Also, as long as he takes his feedings by bottle or nursing for 12 to 24 hours they will take out his feeding tube, which would be amazing. Jackson hates his feeding tube, he is quite handsy and tries to pull it out all the time :) He has a little jaundice as well so he is under the billy lights right now, but should be out of that in a couple days as well. His color already looks better today. We expect him to be home next week sometime if he continues on the track he is on, we are so excited and can't wait to have our family all together at home. It is funny to see Isaac with Jackson, he has no idea what is going on. He will touch his head and turn away totally disinterested :) I can't wait to see my boys play together. Please continue to pray he grows quickly and stays healthy.