Saturday, August 20, 2016 saw Finn turn 4 weeks old, reach a kilogram in weight (approximately 2 pounds, 3 ounces), get advanced to “full feeds” (19 mLs, or about 2/3 of an ounce), and have his picc line removed!

The neonatologist who took care of Emmet and Finn the day they were born was on yesterday and was the one to remove the 20 centimeter picc line that ran from Finn’s ankle up into his chest. After she removed it, she looked at us and with a smile on her face said: “This is one more step in the right direction. I want you to know that we don’t take picc lines out of babies that we are worried about.”

With that we took a deep breath. There are so many ups and downs in the day-to-day NICU life that you really have to celebrate the little things. To be honest, four weeks ago we weren’t sure that we would be here right now, watching our little fighter get stronger by the day and quickly approaching the one month mark!

So while we don’t usually do quick updates, we were really excited to share these milestones with those of you who have been following and cheering for “Feisty Finn” from afar.