Owen continues to do well this morning. His blood gases are where they need to be. He's maintaining steady progress with the lower settings on the oxygen.

Owen is still doing well. His blood gases have been good. They'll be checking them again in the morning. He is going to be moved down again on his oxygen level a little bit. He's breathing well and resting well. Thanks for the thoughts and prayers.

So far so good....

They removed the tube and turned off the ventilator at about 10:30 this morning. He's on the high flow nasal cannula, and looks to be doing well; breathing with ease. His blood gases were good shortly after and they've already turned the oxygen down a bit. Last time they took him off, he did well for about 16 hours. We're hoping and praying this time is for good. 

Tomorrow's the big day!

Owen was doing well tonight during our visit. Everything is set for extubation tomorrow morning around 8am. They decided to do it early so they'll have the day to monitor how he's doing.

We are hoping these are the last pictures of Owen with his tube.

 He loves having his lips cleaned and sucking on this little thing.

A new picture with his monkey.

Owen is still doing well. They've turned his ventilator down a little each day. Tomorrow he starts the steroid to get ready for the big day on Friday. They said they'll be taking him off the ventilator at around 2:00pm friday if all is still going well. We'll be hoping and praying for the best! He now weighs 4 lbs and 9 oz. He is a growing boy! They've raised his feedings again up to 35ml. He's moved up another diaper size. Tonight he was peaceful during holding time and then so awake after his assessment. He was very cute with his sweet eyes open big and watching his mobile go around in circles. Tomorrow was his due date. He's sure come a long way since February 5.... Hoping Friday is the beginning of our home stretch.

Today was a good day. Owen had another eye test. The condition is regressing, and since he's almost term now the risk of it worsening at this point is very low. He doesn't have to have another test for 2 weeks!! He's been more relaxed today. The OT and the PT had a visit with him today. They'll be checking him out; assessing his muscle tone and such. They'll be teaching us some baby massage techniques! He's breathing well. They turned down his settings again today on the ventilator. The nurses were saying they could hear him crying a little bit today. That's a good sign that the swelling in his airway has decreased enough for him to have breath and sound around his tube. We're still hoping and praying that Friday is the day! We thank you for all the love and prayers. Please continue.

Owen is resting well now. He's had an overall restless day today. Early this morning he was very agitated and to the point of throwing up. They had to give him some versad to help him relax. They're working really hard to keep him from pulling his tube out. Our poor little guy wants to be done with the ventilator. He's a term baby now, and he's ready to be more active. That tube makes it hard for him to move around.
On Wednesday he'll start another steroid course, and if all goes well, they'll try him off the ventilator on Friday. Please pray for him and send him all the positive energy you can. Thursday the 26th was his due date. That was the initial talk of when he would come home. It looks like we've got a way to go.

He weighs 4lbs and 3oz.