Easy Like Sunday Morning

Solomon is doing well.  He's 5 lb 11 oz today. 

Brotherly Love

Sammy teaching Solomon how to swear in Italian.

Saturday, May 6, 2017

Solomon had a nice day.  He started out by getting back on his pressure control.  He had a good run and will try again soon after he builds up a bit more stamina.  He is getting a burst of air at a rate of 20/min and a volume of 10 units which is where he was at before they turned it off.  The plan is to wean him down a little further (farther?) over the next couple of days and then turn it off again.

Solomon had a bit of a tummy ache this evening.  Big brother Samson came by and gave him a cuddle.  Solomon was feeling much better after such a sweet visit.

Pressure Control

Solomon is doing well.  Up until this morning, the ventilator was delivering a steady stream of oxygenated air (CPAP) as well as short bursts of oxygenated air (pressure control).  All week long he had been getting weaned off the pressure control, alternately lowering the rate and volume of the artificial breaths.  So today they turned off the pressure control altogether.  He has been on just the CPAP all day and seems to be handling the change just fine.  He is a bit tachypneic (breathing rapidly) but this is not entirely out of the ordinary for him so they are keeping him off the pressure control for the night.  This is another step forward and much like the breathing tube, it might take a few tries.

Many people are asking if he needs to hit a certain weight to go home.  There is no weight requirement to be discharged.  Basically, he needs to get off the CPAP and then he needs to learn to drink milk without the feeding tube.  There's really no telling when he'll be at that point but he is heading in the right direction.  2490 g.  

New Neighbors

Solomon had another good day.  They continued to lower his vent settings and also sped up his meals.  There's a new baby next door and he looks tiny.  2440 g.

5 Pounds

Wednesday, May 3, 2017

Chubby Cheeks is 5 pounds today.  Thanks everyone for your continued support!!

Eat, Sleep, Poop, Repeat

Solomon had another good day.  They lowered his vent settings again today and he did just fine. Keep up the good work, lil buddy!  2240 g.

Guy Smiley

Solomon was all smiles today.  He was asleep most of the day and must have been having some really good dreams.

His eye exam showed that the ROP has not progressed out of stage 2.  He will have another exam next Monday.

The team lowered some more of his settings on the vent today and the changes didn't really have much effect on him.  He is doing well.