Memphis has been awake all day! He has had literally 2 hours of sleep since 6am this morning. As the day went on, it became harder to keep him happy. He was so tired you could see it in his eyes but he was resisting sleep. Through out the day, mom has tried laying him in every position possible, holding him, rocking him, swaying, swadling, and singing but nothing has helped put him to sleep. I'm not sure why little man has been awake all day but it may be because they weaned his methadone yesterday to .4 from.5. Methadone is supposed to have a long have life and the nurse practitioner said he probably would not even notice the wean but I think he did notice.


Aside from the methadone wean, everything is still the same. We are waiting for Memphis to show continuous weight gain and growth before anything will happen. It's so frustrating sometimes, this waiting in the hospital for Memphis to grow. He could grow at home right? But them I remember that Memphis is still not quite ready to come home and it would be bad to rush him.

Mom got to give Memphis a bath tonight, Memphis of course hatted it and cried the whole time BUT after the bath mom rocked Memphis to sleep finally and he hasn't woke up since.


Things we need to work on
Lung growth
Healthy brain function
No reflux
His hematocrit level is still very low it is now 25 and should be 30 or higher.
Weight gain/growth
And just having overall good health.

Thank you for all the help and support we have received we can't thank y'all enough. It is amazing how far Memphis has come. Looking back at the beginning, Memphis was a very sick little one with a very small percent chance at life. Now he has a great chance and is making so much progress everyday.