Went to see him today and he's doing so/so. They've had to move his IV line sometimes 2 x a day mostly due to his veins being so tiny they can't support the IV for very long with as much medicine as he's getting. He'll need the IV for at least a few more days while they make sure his lungs are all cleared up.
His lungs were having a couple different issues this past week: He was building fluid up in his lungs (some of the reason for the fast weight gain). So they've got him on 2 medicines to remove the fluid from his lungs and other internal areas it shouldn't be. This will help him to breathe a lot better and hopefully he'll be able to transition to CPAP soon.
His vent settings are still at 25 breaths per minute and his oxygen is usually 26-32% so he's doing very well as far as that's concerned. When he maintains 20 bpm on the vent then they'll work on moving him over the CPAP.
He's now wearing clothes so I took some preemie outfits I'd found at the stores having no idea they'd start putting him in clothes soon. So when I saw him in the unsoft hospital shirts I brought in the clothes I'd gotten for him. They put him in the cutest outfit I had taken for pictures it's a full piece with footsties. I really don't know how they managed that one with all his wires but they did. He looks super cute in it. I'll have the photos up on flickr shortly for all to see.
His weight went down a bit from yesterday where it peaked at 3lbs and he's down to 2 lbs 14 ounces but he'll be back up to 3 lbs this week in no time. Part of the weight decline was due to the fluid in his lungs etc that they were trying to get out so that's a good sign.
He looks like he's having a rough patch atm but the nurses belive that's probably due to all the blood draws and IV moves as that takes a lot out of him. He's starting to make smile motions with his face/mouth which are really cute if you caress his head in a certain way. It's simply too cute for words.
Other than that he's doing well and being that he's a little over a month old he's coming along great.
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