Our visiting nurse came today to check out Grant's lungs. She said that there is a small pocket that sounds faint (for those who are nurses I'm sure there is some more scientific way of explaining it), but it is good that there is some noise coming from there. When he was first diagnosed with pneumonia there was no noise in one part of his lung (I guess this is where all the fluid was hanging out). So, there seems to be an improvement. He has now been on antibiotics for 72 hours. He is laughing again, which must mean he is feeling better. I guess I never knew how much those smiles kept me going until he stopped smiling. :)
Grant is still dangerously close to being dehydrated. Our occupational therapist also came today and was trying to get water down him with a medicine dropper. (It felt like the old days again.) She gave us some tips to work on Grant's swallow because even when he sucks he often spits the water out again. He has obviously been out of practice because he is only used to sucking while he's sleeping. Unfortunately, our dream feed days are numbered. He barely has a suck now while he is sleeping. Babies supposedly lose their sucking reflex in their sleep at about seven months. He'll be seven months tomorrow. We're praying that he keeps the suck long enough to master the water bottle or sippy cup.
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