2 Brothers Layne

Happy Christmas Eve from McKay-Dee NICU. It has been a wonderful day for the Layne family. Mom and Dad spent most of the day visiting family in Tremonton and delivering gifts. This evening we got to enjoy some R and R with our son. Jonah was very allert when we arrived this evening. It was fun to see him avidly taking in his surroundings. He continues to progress (very slowly) and to ween on the ventilator. Jonah had a wet diaper that weighed 80 grams! WOW, his plumbing is working very well. For Christmas, one of Jonah's cousins made him some "Flarp" (a gooey substance that makes fart like noises when you squish it in its container). Jonah didn't get to make it fart but he did get to feel it! Thanks Brecken!

So this is how things are looking for our little one... LOTS of tubes and wires. The RTs and nurses were able to ween Jonah down on his vent settings again today. He continues to do well with his feeds and he LOVES snuggle time with mom and dad. While being held his sats are Perfect and his oxygen saturation runs high. I'm trying to convince Jonah that the best Christmas would be to have him off the vent.