Day 93

Gestational Age: 37 weeks 4 days
Weight: 2900 grams
6 lbs 6 oz

Josh was doing much the same today. They didn't extubate him. They had to turn some of his vent settings up after the laser surgery, so they are weaning him today and hopefully extubating him tomorrow. They had him up to 8cc's an hour for feeds, but knocked him back down to 7 because he was spitting up most of what was going in. They will try again to bump it up, maybe after they get the tube out. Then they will know if it's because the tube is gagging him or if we are dealing with acid reflux. Hopefully it's the former. I talked to one of the doctors today and she said that the plan is to get him off the vent, get the feeds up to 15cc's an hour. Then they will try to get him to regular feeds through the tube (about 2 oz in an hour and then off for two hours vs. continuous) and then we can try PO (by mouth) feeds when he is tolerating it. Seems like such a long process, but we have made it this far!

I hope to see many of you tomorrow for Josh's shower. I wish I could have invited you all! It would be nice to see those who have been with us through the whole ordeal. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts. You really don't know how much your daily words of encouragement and prayers have meant to us. If I could, I would hug every last one of you!