Gentle hands...

Well, today was yet again another uneventful one. We waited until about 11 am to get to the hospital because they were doing shift change all morning. When we arrived, Switch was wide awake and eating (breastmilk through a feeding tube) and his eyes were all over the place, sometimes focused, sometimes crossed. He was in his own crib today, in preparation for his move to the Step Down Unit tomorrow! We were so happy to see that! As the day went on, his nurse decided to let us hold him, and of course, mommy was thrilled! She sat down eagerly and soon realized that he wasn't in his best of moods! So, daddy helped a little bit to calm him down, and prepare for picture time. He was better after that for the most part, and then we switched "Switch" and I had to calm him down with mommy's help and a little amazing thing called, sugar water on a pacifier! Plus, daddy's gentle hands coddled and loved him until... =) He soon fell asleep and we put him back in his crib, and went to the cafeteria to get a late lunch. Lunch was short, due to our inability to control our withdrawls we have when we're away from him. We went back up and played with him and tried the pacifier a little more and off he went again to sleep. So, we then went and got some groceries, and I cooked a nice meal for us and just enjoyed a little relaxation time. Right now, it's 1040 pm and we're about to go see him again to take more pictures and play again. He's going to be all ours tomorrow and we're so excited! We'll continue to keep everyone up to date on how we're all doing. Until then, that's all now for "Life with Switch". We hope to make our rounds as soon as he comes home. We love you all, and again thanks for all your love, prayers, and support.

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Happily,

Shelley and Blake