Prematurity Awareness Day !!!

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Finally had time to upload a few pictures. My computer is acting up and not letting me get the really good pictures off of Josh's memory card. Hopefully I can get them uploaded this weekend. As you can tell by my the pictures, Mr. Tyler is oxygen FREE! So nice to not have that extra piece of equipment. It was nice to see all the NICU nurses and especially Dr. Chua and Dr. Tipton. We had switched Tyler to rice cereal with his bottle a couple of weeks ago instead of Simply Thick. Dr. Chua watched him take a bottle and said back to simply thick. He choked a lil bit on the rice cereal and she did NOT like that. Of course, simply thick is A LOT more expensive ($65 for a box that lasts about a month) compared to the rice cereal. It's okay though. It won't be for long. (I hope!!) The muscles in Tyler's neck are VERY tight. He leans his head toward the left more than the right. So physical therapy was up to see him while we were in the NICU. They gave me some exercises to do to help him. I can actually tell a difference in 3 days. He weighed 8 lbs 4 oz (exactly what Jake weighed when he was born) on Monday when he checked into the NICU. Crazy! Tyler will go back in December for developmental clinic for evaluation. I spent one night away from Jake and Brayden and it was hard. I seriously do not know how I did it for 75 days. Wow. I am glad that part is over with!

P.S. Tyler's friend Emory is doing MUCH better. He is off the vent and his mommy finally got to hold him today. Yay!!!

Tyler on the way to Lafayette to get rid of his oxygen!!

TThe boys being sooo excited to go stay with Granny for the night, so mommy could stay in the NICU with Tyler. Poor guys. I think they really thought that Tyler was going to be in the hospital for a long time just like this Summer.



Hooked back up to the NICU monitors... He looks HUGE in that open crib now.

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I was happy to show off how well Tyler is doing to all the wonderful NICU nurses, but it didn't take long and i was ready to head home to be with all my boys. I don't know how i did it for 75 days.


Rocking the no oxygen....... such a BIG boy now!
Look at the size of those cheeks.





Taking the carseat test with NO OXYGEN !