Day 37

Day 37

Jackson Day 37: 1130 grams or 2 lbs 8 oz.  3 days off the ventilator! He is doing so great with it. All of his blood gas tests have been excellent and he is hardly having apnea bradycardia at all, he went 6 hours yesterday without having any before having a little one. And he went another 18 hours before having a little one this morning.  But it is a huge improvement from the first day when it was happening several times per feeding. Now it seems more correlated with being overwhelmed. And he'll just have one then recover and be fine. Dr. Simmons is impressed with how well he is doing and will start to wean the steroids more as his stridor is also improving. He is still a little squeaky but getting better everyday he is off the vent. He has done great with the additional calories added to the breast milk, 2 additional calories per ounce for a total of 130 calories per day! They will add another 2 calories per ounce tomorrow if he continues to tolerate it. Jackson still loves to suck on his binky to calm himself down, especially while he's eating. He's doing great and we pray the good days continue. Love you all! FOJSP!!!