Preemie steps into Baby steps

Monday, 4/21/14

Carter is reaching big boy status over the past week with going into an open air crib and his improvements with his lung function.  They weaned him again today down to 0.5 L/min and the Nurse Practitioner told us that if he does well on this the next couple of days they might get him off oxygen completely.  This improvement has been seen since they started him on the every other day Lasix.  He is also doing well with his Speech Therapy and sucking.  There are hopes that he will be able to begin bottle feeding within the next couple of days.  He was sucking quite well on his pacifier tonight so much so that it was tough to break his suck to get it out of his mouth to give him a chance to focus on breathing.  Right now he is multi-tasking; sucking on the pacifier with the hiccups and grunting in between.  His weight is steady at 4 pounds 7 ounces.  Grow little Carter grow!!