Fantastic News!!!!

Morning Check-In
Colby was on his back and was pretty irritated for a little bit this morning so his oxygen had been bumped up to 50%.  He was tolerating his food and his blood gases were looking a little better.  His amplitude was at 19 so we had a pretty good morning!

Afternoon Visit
Colby had lots of visitors today!  Grandma, Grams, Aunt Ali, along with Mommy and Daddy!  At lunch he was doing pretty well.  Sheila measured him today and he has grown another inch from last Monday!  He is now at 15 1/4" long!  His oxygen was down to 35% and his pressure was at 9.

Evening Check-In
I called in and Stephanie gave me the evening's updates!

-He was having a good night.

-He weighed in at 2 lbs 5 oz

-Colby has been changed back to a conventional ventilator!!!!!  PRAISE!!!! PRAISE!!!! PRAISE!!!  I am so excited about this progression!  Here are some things to know about this ventilator:
     -Pressure---his is at 22 and that is a pretty good number to have it at
     -Rate---his is at 45 and they can go as high as 60 and as low as 10.  We are hoping to get this number a little lower once he gets used to it.
     -Oxygen---they currently have him at 65% oxygen but hope to see this weened down.

-He has been given 2 CCs of formula now every 6 hours.  PRAISE!!!

-They believe they heard a heart murmur again so they will check him in the morning to see if his PDA has reopened.  If it has, we will have to get medicine for that and his feedings will have to be stopped again.  PRAYER!!!

-They also put his arterial line back in so he won't have to have his little foot stuck every time they need to do a blood gas.

Thank you so much for all your prayers for our family!  We are so thankful for you and for all these PRAISES!!!!!  Our God is wonderful!

Brie