Fridays are always a little nerve-racking. That's the day the ultrasound machine makes its way around the NICU. They do the scans in the morning and then send the pictures to the radiologists for an interpretation. This normally takes all day and the reports don't make it back to the NICU until late afternoon, at least.

The doctors, nurses, and nurse practitioners in the NICU are great. But, many times, they are trying to relay information from conversations that the radiologists had with various other doctors. So, the details of the scan results often get lost in translation.

As a result, we've decided to rely on one person and one person only, for our scan information. That person is the neurosurgeon, Dr. George. He looks at the pictures himself and formulates his own interpretation. He's the brain doctor and the guy in charge of that part of Miller's continuing treatment. Dr. George called late yesterday afternoon an relayed the following:

Miller's bleed is resolving as he expected. Whenever there is a bleed in the body, blood coagulates and a clot forms. The small clot in Miller head is dissipating and the scan showed signs of that. There are still a number of things that we'll need to watch over the course of the next few scans, but this one showed us nothing that we need to be immediately concerned about. At some point, we'll send Miller down for an MRI. But for now, the plan is to hold tight and hope his injury continues to resolve itself.

Again, it's impossible to predict the long term effects of his bleed. It could have very minor signifigance on his development, or it could create major hurdles. The important thing for us is that it seems to be resolving and stable. We hope that continues. And, at the moment, the rest of his course is going well. He's eating, breathing, has no infections, and is growing!

As always, thank you for your thoughts and prayers. We love reading your comments and emails, and your prayers are as important as the doctors.

Love,
Danny & Stephanie