Day 10: Bella heads home

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Today Pat and I put Bella on a plane back home.  It's been good to have her here for a few days and I'm glad that she's gotten to visit Gabriel when he's tiny.  She loves babies and is sad to have to leave him.  Hopefully the next time she sees him he'll be big enough to hold, rather than just giving him "hand hugs" by putting a hand on his back or around his feet and bottom.

Gabriel continues to do well.  They are concerned that his lungs seem to not be expanding all the way when he breathes unless he has the pressure of the breathing machine.  However, his oxygenation levels are still good and he doesn't act like he's having trouble breathing, so they're not sure what's going on with that.  They do have to turn up his oxygen a bit when he's fussing or kicking or getting his diaper changed, but they can often turn it back to just room air when he's calmed down.

Speaking of fussing, today he did an actual baby cry.  Obviously it was pretty quiet since he's still a little guy, but it sounded like an actual baby.  For the last 10 days, his cries have sounded more like a little squeak, like a guinea pig or a hamster squeak.  It's so adorable that it's hard to want to comfort him because I want to listen to him squeaking!  But the little guy is growing up and starting to sound more like a baby.  I really want him to keep the squeak.  Is that bad???

Also, I got to hold him again today.  I love having the little guy all curled up on my chest!

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