Progress... II

In the past couple of days there has been a dramatic improvement in breathing. The air flow has been cut from 2 liters/minute to .5 liters. At the same time the oxygen level in the air has been pretty much parked at 21% (room air). There hasn't been a breathing spell in about a week. As of tonight they are removing the don't-forget-to-breathe meds. We're hopeful that will be uneventful.

We have also upgraded (or downgraded - depending on how you view it) his sleeping furniture. Yes, we traded in the incubator for a bed! This, of course, makes him much more accessible to doting parents! As you can see there is plenty of room to grow... With the extra space around him we have rigged up a pair of computer speakers to introduce him to Beethoven.

Yesterday, when the doctor rounded on him, for the first time the prospect of him going home came up. It is not imminent but it seems eating is now the last remaining hurdle. Obviously, they won't send him home with a tube in his nose and parents directed to feed him that route. We're practicing nursing every day. It seems to have some appeal to him but he quickly gets bored and falls asleep. Why work for it when you can have the goods delivered straight to your stomach via pipeline?

In preparation for a pending homecoming, he will get his first set of shots this week.