Day 59

2 lbs 15 oz today! I can't believe we are getting close to 3 lbs! Hopefully his next 3 pounds will go a lot faster than his first 2. We are anxious to get this last surgery done so we can take him home! We are definitely starting to get homesick.

His feeds are going well still so they are going to bump him up to 13 ml today. That's a new record for him. We are hoping he can keep going so we can get rid of his IV feeds and keep his little liver healthy. We're slowly getting closer.

The doctor has started to wean him down off of his CPAP pressures today too. He's down to a PEEP of 6. Once he's down around 5, they can try him on a regular oxygen cannula. The goal is to have him on regular oxygen by 34 weeks. That's only another week and a half! Once he's on regular oxygen it will be so much easier to get him out of his bed and hold him. The regular cannulas are so much smaller and more comfortable for him and he won't be attached to the giant CPAP machine anymore. We'll get to hold him twice a day once he switches over. I can't wait!