Tiny Bits of Weaning

Well we are still going strong down here. He has tiny tiny bumps every once in a while, but nothing like last week. Knock on wood! The doctors are SLOWLY working Luke off the ventilator. One day at a time, and only one little move at a time. They finally understand that Luke does not tolerate changes so much. He is still "desatting" occasionally. (Dropping his oxygen level) The nurses don't seem to worry that much, it isn't a big thing around here. They still believe it to be his ET tube that is rubbing. We have only had one missed meal. Luke had a little too much residual left before his dinner at 5pm yesterday. So they held off that meal to see if he would have a bowel movement. That was successful, so he was able to continue eating at 8pm. It was a busy day in the NICU. 3 babies moved out of Luke's Module and 3 babies came right in. Luke's new neighbor is also a Luke. I now know the way Jonathin and I looked that night we got here. All around the NICU Lifeline was bringing in babies and large groups were everywhere. We were also able to get out for a bit yesterday and stumbled onto a Buy Buy Baby store. It was like Babies R Us meets Bed Bath and Beyond. Finally we were able to find tiny preemie onesies for Luke when he can wear clothes. Mom thinks we might have to head back there right before Luke goes home, due to the wide selection of IU apparel. That seems to be all the big stuff that has happened. Hope everyone had great Homecoming. Thank you for the continued concerns.

Jordan