Charlie is doing well

Charlie's doing well and his doctors are starting to reduce his ventilator settings ever so slowly. He appears to be comfortable and only has a few fits everyday that require medicine to calm him down. We were able to help change several diapers and even gave him a sponge bath this afternoon. So things for us and Charlie are going as well as they can right now. Thanks to everyone for their prayers and positive thoughts, it has given Charlie and us the strength to get through this.

He has really made incredible improvements. CDH babies are special, strong, and individuals. Charlie is no exception. Here are a few videos to show you what he is like. The older one was taken a few weeks ago when he was still on the oscillating ventilator. That is about all the movement he would make in single day. The newer videos show you how awake he can be, and spends hours just looking around. One video shows him with the hiccups...they look like they hurt, but he got them all through Patty's pregnancy and still gets them often!