Another good night

Eli had a good night, relatively uneventful, which is good a thing.  He had a great nurse last night named Starr.  She gave him a "bath" (basically wiped him down), put a little stuffed cow in his bed for him to look at, and played relaxing music for him on a CD player.  He seemed to just relax and go to sleep.  Thank the Lord for Starr and all of the nurses and doctors that have so lovingly cared for him while he's been here.

They gave him a little break on the extra fluids late last night, but have started them up again.  His urine output is good and the nurse this morning said that they expect to be able to close him up tomorrow sometime.  His fluid level is still positive which means he has more fluid in his body than when he went in, but it's not much and they're hoping he'll pee most of it out today so he can get to a "negative" fluid status.

All in all it was another good night and little Eli is still doing remarkably well.  He's been opening his eyes a bit when we come to visit, so it's nice to see that he's somewhat cognitive about his surroundings.  Also his baby reflexes i.e. being startled at loud noises or being touched, are still intact so that's a good sign neurologically.

Another praise is that we didn't get evicted from our "closet" last night and it sounds like there is still room for us for at least a while longer.  Thanks for your prayers on this.

Keep the prayers coming, we appreciate you all so much!