Sorry for not posting yesterday - we needed to catch up on some sleep so we figured we'd wait til this morning.
Great news to share - Baby Boy Newman is off the CPAP! They took him off about a half hour ago and so far so good. They will keep a very close eye on his breathing throughout the morning. There is a chance they may have to put him back on, but we are hoping for the best. If he stays off of it, that will be one more major step on his journey to recovery.
He is also up to 15mg of food per feeding and doing well on it, which means they can decrease the amount of nutrition he is getting through the iv. Depending on how well he does off the CPAP, the nurses may try giving him 5mg in a bottle later today to see if he can get the suck, swallow, breath pattern down.
Kerry did get to hold Baby Boy Newman again yesterday and this time he was able to tolerate it for about 15 minutes so we are making progress. Today the nurse wants to try "kangaroo care" which is where you hold the baby skin to skin on your chest so that your heartrate and breathing can help stabalize his. She thinks this may be good for him so we will give it a shot!
We'll try to post another update at the end of the day today to let you know if he managed to stay off the CPAP. Hopefully we'll have good news to report!
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