Owen had a little episode last night with his breathing. He went down pretty low on his sats. He had been moved down to 2.5 on the flow yesterday. We were so excited. They were talking to us about when he gets to 2, its time to have the speech therapist check him out and see if he's ready for bottle feeding. Well we'll get there, but for now, he's back on 3. He did well through the night on 2.5; no more episodes. But he was irritable and having to work too hard to breathe.
They're working on helping him grow. His feedings are increased to 40 ml. Hopefully with a little growth, he'll be ready to move down again.

He finally got to meet his PawPaw!

 Owen's wardrobe is expanding. He now has a "daytime outfit" as they say. We've never seen him in little pants. He's even moved up to sleepers with zippers instead of snaps only.

 He loves his paci. Its almost as big as his face. But he loves it!

He keeps moving along. Today his gases were good again and they moved the flow down to 3. They say that sometimes when they move the flow down, they have to increase the oxygen level. But so far they haven't had to do that with him. His oxygen remains at the room level.

He's doing better with his spit ups.

He's not gaining any weight lately, but he's not losing, and that's a big deal because he's using more energy, burning more calories being off the ventilator.

We're so happy he's doing so well! Hoping it continues. We want to bring our baby home soon!!

Owen continues to do well. He is maintaining his weight at 4lbs and 9 oz. They've increased his feedings to 37 ml. His blood gases are good again today. They've turned the flow down on his oxygen to 3.5. This is the fifth day without the ventilator! We're so excited and hopeful. Please keep him in your prayers.

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.