Sunday, February 21, 2010

Bottles Only, Please

Saturday was a big day for Luke. First off, apparantly he decided he was done with his feeding tube and yanked it out by himself, which we were surprised to hear and happy as well because the nurses say that he's eating enough through his bottle feedings and so they won't be putting it back in unless he has a setback with his eating.
He's also off his caffeine supplement that were giving him which was helping with his occassional apnea. They'll monitor him for a few days to see if he can remain off of it without having any spells, but so far so good.
Lastly, he's up to 3lb 15oz and will get weighed again on Sunday night. He seems to be in one of his cruising stages again where he makes rapid progress so we'll hope that continues. One of his nurses mentioned to me yesterday that we'll probably need to bring in his car seat soon for the "car seat test", which is one of the final tests before going home to see if he can be comfortable enough without having any issues while sitting in it for 90 minutes. Either way, he's still going to need to be there until at least next Thursday when he has another follow up eye exam. Right now, his eyes and the oxygen are the last two hurdles before he can come home, so we'll see how he does this week. The finish line is almost within sight!

3 comments:

  1. This is wonderful news! We'll keep praying that he continues with great progress.

    Hugs and kisses,
    Katy, Stephen, and Nicholas

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  2. Great news!!!!

    -Vicky

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