October 28th

He learned a new trick today and is now in trouble because of it.  He actually extubated himself (moved the vent tube enough out of his throat that it no longer worked).  This meant they had to remove that tube and put a new one in.  The nurses said it wasn’t bad and they got him all fixed up and told him how naughty he was and that he really needed to stop doing that!  The good news is they weened him a bit off the vent (changed a setting so he gets less ventilation) and when they checked his blood gas numbers they were great.  We dont’ know for sure but they may try to ween him a bit more sometime tonight because his numbers were definately good enough to warrent them trying.

He continues to pack on the weight coming in at 855 grams, or 1 pound 14 ounces.  At this rate he will hit 2 pounds in a couple more days!  We didn’t go see him today because of my work schedule, but will spend some make up quality time with him tomorrow.

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