Our Heads Are Spinning

It's been an interesting 48 hours or so. Tuesday morning they decided to finally give him a blood transfusion (extra blood) because his hemoglobin had gotten a little low. They had been debating on whether or not to give him one for awhile. He got his immunization shots later in the day, as well as a little bit of Tylenol in case he had any typical infant reactions to them, but seemed to be ok.
Then early this morning we found out that overnight he was having bad de-sat spells and sounded like he was getting some fluid build-up in the lungs again. This prompted the doctors to start him on his diuretic again, twice a day, to try and eliminate that problem once more, along with a potassium booster in his milk because the diuretic usually lowers the potassium in his blood. This isn't a huge deal, except for the fact that last time he was on the diuretic, he stopped gaining weight, so it seems like until he gets a little further down the path, it will continue to be a juggling act.
Later today we called in to check on him and his nurse said he was doing really well and she was able to try lowering the flow on his oxygen, even all the way down to 1.0L for a short time, which came much to our surprise. However, by the time we arrived later in the evening for our visit with him, they had to bump him back up to 1.5L.
We talked with one of the resident doctors that has been taking care of him for awhile and he basically said that Luke just continues to battle typical premature baby issues, with the extra lung complications because of his extreme prematurity. He assured us that these issues will slowly go away with time and that we'll just need to be patient. Admittedly, the rapid progress he made over the last two weeks kind of spoiled us and now that it has plateaued a bit, it's a "friendly" reminder that we still have a long way to go and we need to be patient. Probably a wake up call that we needed.
So we ask that everyone keep praying, we're not out of the woods yet. As always we appreciate the support as we continue the slow and steady road of recovery.
As you can see...he also continues to get more and more handsome each day.

Here are two quick impressions he has learned to do: 

"Popeye"

"The Confused Hillbilly"