Update on Landon

Landon seems to be doing very well in his cozy little incubator! Since his birth, he has been breathing room air without any assistance, though he does struggle a little to breath. He has been eating very well for a preemie (mostly from a bottle, through he has nursed some), so today his nurse was able to take out his IV! He still cannot maintain his body temperature like a full term baby, so he is in an "Isolette"(an incubator), which is a plexiglass box with portholes and a warmer. He is getting a little bit of jaundice, which is very common for preemies, so he is under a flourescent light which helps his body break down bilirubin and flush it from his system. He has a little blindfold on to protect his eyes, which has sunglasses printed on it. How cute!! He cannot wear a hat during his light treatment, and you can see that he has quite a bit of very blonde fuzzy hair (which finally looks kind of normal, since he had a bath yesterday)! We're very pleased with his progress so far, and we've got our fingers crossed for him to continue maturing and growing quickly!