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Today Ryder is well. Ryder's doctor said he's improving. His test results came back on his brain and heart and tummy. All look fine....meaning they have not gotten any worse. His brain there's still a little bit of fluid on the brain, but not enough to do anything yet. As for his heart, the murmur is the same as before, hopefully it'll close soon! His tummy is looking better, the infection is looking smaller.

The newest concern is minor as of now...but it still keeps the Doctors watching him closely. His blood tests show that he is slightly dehydrated. That means they watch the kidneys... BUT NO WORRIES! they can fix it by giving him more fluids, BUT that would make the heart murmur worse, so they are trying to figure out a plan to fix that :)

Ryders arm today is GROSS! they removed the black layer, and now theres a deep wound. Its one of the sickest things I have seen! you know the poor baby is in pain :( but he's a tough boy! :)

I finally got to hold him again today, after him being sick for so long. I held him for about 3 hours! he loves being held! he cried and cried when I put him back in his incubator....but the "binkie" stopped that really quick! he loves binkies!

We take everything day by day. That's how it works in a NICU with a preemie. But Ryder is a good boy and will be ok.

Thanks for everything!