The oxygen setup is gone. It was at his bedside on standby, but they've moved it away. They're talking about discontinuing his medications for breathing and lung development because he continues to do so well. They've stopped the breathing treatments to start. They'll monitor and make sure he's good without them. Then they'll move on to the diuretic or the caffeine. The last to go will be the steroid.
Owen is doing well with bottle feeding. He started at 10 ml, and has gone up everyday. He's at 25 ml as of yesterday. The speech therapist will work with him today to make sure he's on the right track.
He weighs 5.67 lbs. He's 17 inches long now.
Yay!! It's so good to hear all of this progress! It's amazing once they turn the corner and just start improving quickly. It's like he's made up his mind that he's had enough of the hospital and wants to come home! Sam did the same thing right at the end (although he still had oxygen at home for 3 months...Go Owen!!)
ReplyDeleteLooks like you guys will have your new little one home before we do :-) So happy for you!