Friday, October 23, 2009

Lincoln is going to Stanford Saturday morning

Hi- It's Soni again. The doctors called this morning and said they will be transporting Lincoln to Lucile Packard's Childrens Hospital at Stanford in Palo Alto, CA at 7:00am tomorrow morning (Saturday, Oct. 24) This is a little sooner than we were expecting, but it will be good to get things going. Because Cara is still recovering from being sick, they've decided to send Will with him, and she will fly down Sunday afternoon. One of Cara's friends will pick her up at the airport, and Cara and Will will stay with her for a couple of days until there is an available room at the Ronald McDonald house by the hospital. We don't know when the surgery will be yet, but are anticipating they will be there for 2-3 weeks. They have an awesome facility at the Ronald McDonald house and will provide shuttle service to/from the hospital and have meals brought in several times a week- so they will be well taken care of during their stay.

They've reduced Lincolns pain meds today and he is squirming a little and trying to suck his fingers- unfortunately the dang ventilator is already occupying his little mouth, but it was great to see him trying to get at his fingers. He's keeping his eyes squeezed shut, and much of the day is spent trying to get him to let us see his little peepers. Also, they've started feeding him breastmilk today through a feeding tube, so that's an encouraging sign! Until now he's just been receiving glucose and lipids...bluuuck!

Keep up the prayers in their behalf, they have been felt and are appreciated!

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