Ryan Watch

Ryan is doing fairly well, but is living in the ICU for the next few days. His breathing is not up to scratch and when I just went down there a few minutes ago he was catching some rays. He had some cool sunglasses on and was sunning himself under a fake and bake machine. This apparently is normal as he is a bit jaundiced.

The other problem is that his blood sugar is low.

Last night, he was turning blue and had to be given some extra oxygen. The good news is that there are no heart problems, but his breathing and blood sugar are causing a little bit of concern.

Because of his troubles, he is not allowed to breast feed, so Anting is trying her best to pump some out for him.

We are encountering some difficulties on this front too as Anting has not been able to eat or drink yet, going on 48 hours now. While she is on an IV, I think she may produce some more milk if she could eat or drink.

We know babies are very resilient and we are still very happy and excited to be parents. We are just looking forward to being able to hold him and spend some more time than the 1/2 hour visits allow.

We have received many e-mails from friends and family and we thank you all for thinking of us and all of your best wishes. It surely helps us through this anxious time.

Unfortunately we can't take pictures while he is in ICU, but here is one from when he was just born.