Five Days Old! We got another session of kangaroo care with our little joey this morning. Foster had a quiet night under the lights and was obviously very content on Dad's chest off the CPAP and lights. He had a short spurt of hiccups which seemed to ebb after a little pacificer sucking. Foster had a head ultrasound yesterday, which is a routine test in preemies. Due to lung immaturity at birth and periods of apnea (decreased breathing), they can have brain hemorrhages. He had evidence of a resolving Grade I ventricular bleed on the left side, which they say is of little concern and will unlikely result in any clinical signs. They will perform a recheck ultrasound in 10-14 days. After his breast milk feedings (through a oral-gastric tube) he still has some "residuals"....food left undigested in his tummy. It is common for the GI tract to work slowly at first, and basically he just needs to produce a big poop to get things moving! When he does start needing more milk, he has lots of frozen stores ready for him. Foster's bilirubin level is 10 right now (it started at 12) and needs to get down to around 5 before they take him off the lights. They are increasing his "sprints" off the CPAP to 3 hour intervals today...great progress on the breathing. That's it for today!