Sickies

Jay has been taken down by something...and it ain't pretty. So while he's home sick this afternoon I will try not to pick up whatever he's found. I'm hoping this is just a brief bout with "mystery food" illness vs. full-on flu. We shall see.

Leo's having another quiet day, his vapotherm is still at 5 and he's doing fine with that. His feeds are going great and he's transitioning well to the new feeding schedule. We're waiting for the medicine to kick in and start ridding his body of those high billirubin levels so that his color starts to get more to where it should. Mind you he looks loads better than he did a few weeks ago but he still has a bit of an olive undertone and given that his parents are not anything remotely close to olive toned people we know that he's still got some funk in there that needs to be worked out. But hopefully those meds will work and get his gallbladder into gear and soon he'll be the pasty white/pink kid he is destined to become.

On an unrelated note, I made a killer lasagna last night that was rediculously easy and quick. I think the key to easy lasagna is just soaking the noodles in some hot water while you're making the sauce...no need to pre-boil...and then just doing a really simple mixture of ricotta, parmesan cheese, salt/pepper and an egg. I don't mess with frozen spinach when I'm in a rush. And the sauce takes about 5 minutes - saute some onions and garlic, throw in a can of crushed tomatoes, season, let it simmer for about 5 minutes and that's it. You could throw in your choice of ground meat product or simply add more veggies if you want to bulk up the sauce. I had some chicken sausage so threw that in with the onions to make it meaty. Layer everything up and throw some fresh mozz on top and you're good. I swear I had the dish assembled in 15 minutes last night before our evening hospital visit and when we came home it was about 30 minutes in the oven. YUM.