March 30, 2013:

It's definitely been an eventful past few days for me not so much for RJ. They haven't changed much on the lil guy. They've weight adjusted a few meds, weaned some on his NIPPV, and just today increased his feeds from 34ml to 36mls. He's been growing and as of last night is up to 4lb 3oz!! He's still doing well with his Fio2 between 21-25% mostly. He's just getting cuter and cuter. He's so at peace when being held... :)
Thursday night Robert and I came back to give the lil man a bath. He's not a fan of the body wash, but has gotten used to his head being scrubbed. He was looking at daddy as I was washing his hair and then drying it. We had a good lil session and then had to leave. I needed to get home and prepare for my angiogram on Friday.
We ended up having my test moved up to the first slot. We had to arrive at the hosp at 6:30am for all the prep before the actual test around 8am. We moved the test up so that I was guaranteed anesthesia to help aid me through the procedure. The placement of the 20G IV in my left hand was the worst pain I felt of the whole ordeal. I have to admit that Versed and Propofol are the bestest drugs ever. I don't remember a thing!! The most annoying thing was having to lie flat for 6 hrs after and needing to pee like a racehorse. I needed to pump during this lying flat timeframe. My mom had to help. It was super tricky not to spill milk everythwere. We were successful :)  So the dissection is healing. The blood flow from my right internal carotid is practically back to normal again. That's why I'm not hearing the the whooshing sound in my right ear anymore. The bummer is that I do have a pseudoaneurysm. It's stable right now. My doc wants me to get a CTA (CT angiogram) again in two months. He said he usually treats all pseudoaneurysms because he's never seen one disappear. I'm praying that mine decides to shrink and that I won't need any further interventions.
Thanks for all the prayers and support.