Continued Prayers

We had a much better day today. The nurses decided to put little Liam in an Isolation crib, a little plastic cacoon of sorts, to decrease the amount of noise stimulus from affecting his fragile temperament. The affect was immediate, Liam slept for at least three hours straight. This is amazing!

In the NICU Step 2 for withdrawal each baby is monitored through the Finnegan Scale, this helps the physicians determine if the baby needs more aggressive treatment or not. Liam was at a 6 in the nursery and the first day in the NICU he was about 7's. Then Thursday night into Friday he got an eleven, which is bad, and yesterday and last night two 7's and one 9. So when we arrived this morning we weren't exactally optimistic. The first few hours this morning were rough, the ward was rather nosiy, which made it hard for Liam to rest very long at all.

Then once Liam was in the isolation crib he slept so well! It was a complete change from earlier. He slept for at least three hours following his noon feeding. His score following lunch was a 5, his lowest score yet! We were so excited.

It looks like this is an answer to our prayers. The only thing holding Liam back now is his feeding. I feel like he will get it once he catches up on his sleep, but time will only tell. Please keep Liam in your prayers, that he recovers soon, and learns to feed properly. Thank you and keep praying!!!!