3 Weeks New!

Smiling during cares tonight 

Crew is 3 weeks today.  It's hard to believe that it's been 3 weeks already.  He's doing well today.  His Oxygen requirements are down a little . . . around 26 to 30%.  His x-ray still looks "wet" or white, but he's maintaining with the RAM cannula.  Hopefully he'll be able to "pee" off some of that fluid and breath more easily.

He got a Roto-rooter type enema today.  Sort of like a kolonic for an adult.  He passed the largest poop he's had so far.  I think that's why he's smiling.  He still has more of that darn stuff to pass, but every little bit counts.  The doctors have increased his feeds.   He's now getting 4cc's of breast milk on a pump over 2 hours then his feeding tube gets vented for one hour.  He's showing signs that some of the milk is digesting, but until he clears out all the meconium, the entire volume won't be able to go through.

His Morphine drip has officially been discontinued.  The nurses are doing screenings on him to make sure he isn't in pain.  He's off of antibiotics as well.  Crew loves to be swaddled and sleep on his tummy. His surgical incision has healed very nicely.  The steri strips remain, but otherwise things look great.  Another good day in the books!