Despite the fact that his morning x-ray showed that his lungs were "whited out" -- a term that pretty accurately describes the way they look when they aren't filling very well with air -- Will was doing pretty well when I stopped this morning. He did need a bit more oxygen, but his blood pressure, heart rate and general disposition were fine. He still isn't peeing much, so they're giving him a couple of doses of the diuretic today in the hope that this will stimulate things. They also plan to tap the area around his lung this afternoon. He didn't make it three days this time, but more than two isn't bad considering where he's been. They might have been able to hold off longer, I'd assume, if his lungs were doing better overall. All of the fluid in his body beyond that in the pleural cavity can't be helping things, as it puts a lot of pressure on his lungs. So, once again, we wait to see what that does for him.

If he gets too edgy, they can put on a CD that Mary and I recorded for him of us reading him stories. He seems to like being read to, so the NICU music therapist worked with us earlier this week to record some of the stories with a bit of light lullaby music in the background. Will now has a CD including "Jamberry," "Bear Wants More," "The Red Barn" and his mother's personal favorite, "Goodnight Moon." My own favorite is "Two Little Trains." It, "Goodnight Moon" and "The Red Barn" all are by Margaret Wise Brown, a name I'd never heard until a few weeks ago. Now, I have a favorite children's book author.