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Solomon is continuing to do well.  Solomon kept his mom and his nurses on their feet today by repeatedly pulling out his nasal prongs.  Four of his long term neighbors/friends moved on up this week to the less critical wing.  Bon voyage!  2010 g.

Head Accessories

Not much to say today.  Solomon's doing well and he's just taking it easy.  He got a nice relaxing bath tonight.  2,010,000 mg.

Solomon and the Purple Pacifier

Solomon had a quiet day spending quality time with his pacifier.   He's still breathing well on the cannula and his desats are few and mild.  The medical team made some changes to his diet and lowered some of his supplements.  He is 2020 g.

Tuesday

Solomon is doing well.  He was in low oxygen today and was not desatting like usual.  The doctor said his steroids will be wearing off tomorrow.  1990 g.

2 Kilos

Solomon weighed in today at 2000 g.  He slept all day and was breathing well.  He was in low oxygen although the doctors warned me that when the steroids from the extubation wear off he'll start to backslide a bit.  He had his eye exam today and the ophthalmologist said that he is developing ROP currently in stage 2.  It is possible for him to grow out of it without intervention.  They will check weekly and if it progresses then they will treat it.  Big brother Sam stopped in to brighten his day.  He gets recognized in the hall since he is twitter/facebook/instagram famous.

Premature Extubation

Solomon, as we know, has a penchant for doing things ahead of schedule.  He couldn't wait for Wednesday to be extubated.  He had a bit of an episode this evening around 6 o'clock and the staff had to extubate in a hurry.  When they pulled out his breathing tube it was totally clogged.  They tested his blood after about an hour on the nasal cannula and he is doing alright with it.  He has been resting since and slowly weaning down his oxygen.  Let's hope he can keep this up and avoid having to be re-re-re-reintubated.  1980 g.

Racemic Epi administered via Dinosaur.

Sunset

Solomon had another good day.  Lots of snuggle time and lots of rest.  He is 1950 g.