The latest...

His skin has toughened up which means that he is looking a lot better and he is less prone to getting marks on his body which let infection in.

He is now taking 6ml of milk per 2 hours - this means that his stomach is working.

He has done his first and several subsequent poos - this means that his bowels are working.

He now has a central line in one arm and an IV in the other. These lines feed medicine into his body. Another line has been removed from his stomach. The number of lines in his body seems to go up and down each day.

On Sunday night, he weighed in at 722g. This is a good improvement. He lost weight in the first couple of days and would have gotten down to about 650g. As he is a bit more stable, they will be able to weigh him more often to tell if he is putting on weight.

His heart duct appears to be closed, but it might re-open again and require more drugs. Apparently the duct is normal in any baby but premature babies are not ready to close it.

He's had more scans. It is very likely that he will need a blood transfusion soon as his bone marrow is too immature to produce enough blood.

Infection is the key risk at this time. So far, he has been very lucky not to pick up any infections.