For those of you privileged to have access to this page we thought we’d share more detail and pictures.
He came out five weeks ahead of schedule weighing 5lbs, 8.1oz. 
He had some trouble breathing, but thanks to the skilled pediatrician and nurses they were able to get him oxygenated enough to let Liz hold him for a short minute before they carted him of to the NICU. It wasn’t long enough, but we’ll take what we can get.
Because he was early, they started an I.V. to run fluids and prophylactic antibiotics. His lungs were poorly enough developed that he was having to work really hard just to fill them with air (you can see how his chest sinks in the picture… it was like that every time he tried to take a breath). To help keep his lungs open, they put him on a CPAP to keep positive pressure in his lungs. Through the course of the night he was gradually having a harder and harder time breathing, so about the time I crashed for an hour nap (I’d been up for about 36 hrs by then) the pediatrician ordered a surfactant treatment. (The lungs naturally produce surfactant to keep them from collapsing fully with every breath. Premature babies don’t always have enough of it, which can lead to acute respiratory trouble). The treatment went well, and by the time I came back 2 hrs later he was already doing visibly better. He’s been steadily improving ever since. 
They took him off of the CPAP early this morning, and moved him to an incubator (A good thing because it means he’s stable enough they aren’t worried about having to get rapid access to him). He’s still on a slow flow of oxygen, but they plan on tapering that off over the next day or so as long has he continues to improve. 
Liz got to hold him for a few minutes yesterday afternoon, and he was doing well enough today that I got to hold him for about 20 minutes. So far so good. Keep us in your prayers.