More about Jesse: How he got his name

 When Havilah was a little girl, one of her favorite book series was the Jesse Bear books.  I could be  

wrong, but I'm pretty sure her absolute favorite was "Jesse Bear, What will you Wear?" (which is sortof ironic since her little Jesse can't wear anything but his birthday suit and a diaper yet) There was a whole bunch of these books, and Havilah loved them.  When she and her husband found out they were having another boy, big brother Noah told them he wanted to name the baby "Bear." They sortof liked the name Theodore.  They could call him "Teddy Bear" as a nickname, except...it sounded like a bad joke.  I happened to remember about her favorite series of books and joked that they could call him "Jesse" and nick-name him "Jesse Bear."  The name stuck.  Evan was calling him "Jesse" before he was even born (much to my delight).  

Today, Havilah and Evan got to hold their little Jesse bear again.  The nurses were able to get a PIC line started, which will be better in the long run.  He is on tylenol around the clock and morphine as needed.  He can't eat by mouth and is only getting nutrients intravenously at this time.  All in good time, as far as that goes.  The next step for Jesse on the road to recovery is the ability to digest gastric juices.  Right now he is getting help with that and the juices are still dark green.  They will know he is starting to digest them when the juices run clear.  For now we are happy that Havilah and Evan are able to cuddle him!