New Day, New Challenges

As of Sunday night, Luke is continuing to get over many of his post-operation difficulties. He's urinating regularly now and his heart rate and blood pressure are looking good. He's been taken off of most of the medications he was on and should be off one more tomorrow.
While that is all good news, he's still having a few issues. The CO2 level in his blood is still high which they'll work to correct and his right lung is currently slightly collapsed due to the fluid he had been getting in his lungs before his PDA valve was corrected in the surgery. They have him on his left side and are giving him a slightly higher pressure on his ventilator to try and get this fixed.

Monday morning will bring a more complete evaluation and they might be able to begin giving him small feedings again. We're also curious if he might be able to get transferred into an open bed rather than the closed incuabtor.
Lastly, it definitely seems that Luke somehow knows it is winter outside as he seems to be growing his own winter coat. The beautiful blonde hair that has covered his head seems to be sprouting on his arms, legs and shoulders! We know that it's just little baby fuzz that will go away as he grows, but it's kind of funny.