Today was the 6-week mark since Luke's unexpected early delivery. Time seems to be flying. As part of his six-week checkup he had his first eye exam by the specialist at Lutheran General. Lucas handled it like a trooper, just as he has been, and the results were as good as we could have hoped for. According to the doctor, Luke's eyes are right about where he'd expect them to be for a baby born at 25 weeks. He'll recheck them again in two weeks and see how everything is progressing. As we said before, we do expect Luke to need some type of procedure or another at some point down the line, but for now, we'll take all the good news they can give us.
He's also up to 20ML's of milk now per feeding and after a great week of the doctors having been able to go down on his ventilator settings, tonight he'll be getting a day to catch up and hopefully begin going down again tomorrow. They also explained to us that the "pik line" I.V. in his foot will still be there a few days as he gets some basic fluids and as a precautionary measure, but we hope that they'll remove it soon. He is off his I.V. nutrients so he did lose about an ounce or so of weight, but the doctors say this is normal and he should gain it right back soon and more.
Next week we'll be scheduling another "family meeting" with his main doctor to review his progress and next few steps, but for the next few days, with God's help, it'll hopefully be more milk and lower ventilator settings.
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