5 Months old!

Over the past few weeks Jackson has had a few Doctors appointments.
At his last eye appointment we received some great news! First a little overview - Jackson developed ROP in both of his eyes back when he was in the NICU.  ROP is an eye disease that affects prematurely born babies - in a nutshell, the blood vessels that develop in the eye become "disorganized" and can cause blindness if it progresses too far.  His eyes progressed stage 2 with pre-plus - this is the farthest the doctors would let the ROP go before they would treat it with laser eye surgery.  Now after months of eye exams his eyes have finally developed into the last zone and his ROP is inactive!  This means his eyes are healing well, and we won't have to go back for another eye exam until the end of May! 

He saw his Neonatolegist team.  They follow Jackson's oxygen needs, growth, and development.
They were all very happy with the way Jackson is progressing!  They did a "room air" trial  to see how is lungs have developed.  He did very well, and his stats never dropped below the recommended threshold.  We were able to lower his oxygen settings, and at our next appointment we may try to take him off oxygen completely - this however is a few months away and will be dependent on how well Jackson grows and his lungs mature. 

Our litte man is growing so fast!  He is currently 11 lb 5 oz and 21" long!  He rolled over the other day, which was very surprising!  We were putting him on the floor for tummy time and he just flipped right over!  We made him do it a few times to make sure it wasn't a fluke.  He won't do it every time, but it's a pretty awesome milestone!  He is 5 months old (actual) and just about 2 months corrected.