This post comes at least a week before I thought it would, in fact this past week a lot of things have come before I thought they would…are you ready for it?   Carter is EXTUBATED!!!!  I know, I can’t believe it either!  It happened pretty fast on Tuesday as I stood there with my mouth open listening to his team of doctors discuss his care during rounds.  As we all know, Carter has pretty lousy lung xrays, but since they didn’t see this changing in the near future they thought it wouldn’t hurt to give him a chance off the ventilator.  It makes me nervous to even say it, for fear that I will jinx it but   –  so far it is working!!  I have a feeling that eventually he will go back on the ventilator since it takes most preemies a couple of attempts for a successful extubation but any day off a vent is a good day!  

So after 53 days, I was able to hold Carter!  Like Griffin, it was only for 15 minutes while they changed his bed but it was fantastic!  That was yesterday, and today I held him for a couple of hours as he wiggled, coughed, cried a little, held my finger and slept!  Tim was able to enjoy the same when he came for his daily visit after school.  We felt connected to our two little boys before as we touched them through their isolettes but being able to hold them and comfort them in our arms is an incredible feeling that makes our bonds that much stronger.   

We’re getting there…slowly but surely things are moving along! 

Keep those prayers coming that Griffin is able to eat and gain weight consistently, and that Carter is able maintain his breathing without a ventilator. 

So of course here are some pictures of my moments with Carter, and one of Griffin too! 

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