Milo: Day 17 - Milo's Doing Better Than Us

Shelly woke up this morning with a sore throat. This is pretty much the absolute worst because it means we cannot visit Milo until her symptoms clear up. All the babies in the NICU have very underdeveloped immune systems so it is critical to limit their exposure as much as possible. We are a little worried because we had a lot of contact with Milo yesterday and we really hope he did not catch anything from us. Best case scenario, Shelly feels better and we wait a full day of her having no symptoms before we return to visit Milo. In the meantime, we are resting in our hotel with all the vitamin C, echinacea, ginger tea and naps that we can handle (me too, fingers crossed I don't catch it).

We called to check in on Miles and the GI study is still progressing but slowly. All looks good so far and the study should conclude tonight. Potentially, he can get started again on milk tonight or tomorrow. They want to observe him for three days with milk before they take the drains out. We cannot wait for that to happen because the drains are the only thing that would be causing him discomfort at this point beside the CPAP in his nose which doesn't seem to be that bad.

By popular demand, here are some photos of our hotel room and the hospital.