Let's all be cautiously optimistic

I am getting ready to go back to Springfield with my grandparents. I came home with Danny last night. I spoke with the nurse this morning and his morning blood gas looked good, so they have attempted to take him off of the ventilator. He is off of it for now and is on a sy-pap (spelling?) machine. This is a cross between a ventilator and a C-pap machine. This machine still gives him so many breaths per minute and some pressure, but it is not a tube down his throat. It is a mask that goes over his nose and mouth, so hopefully he will like this better and tolerate it. He is currently on 40-50% oxygen, 15 breaths per minute, and 10 pressure (not sure what that measurement is). They are getting another blood gas around 2 p.m. He is also tolerating his feedings. Thank the Lord for this because feeding is sometimes difficult for these little guys. He had another small bowel movement overnight and he is getting his last enema today. They weighed him last night and he weighed 2 pds., 7 oz., which is basically what he weighed when he was born. He has lost 4 ounces from last time, but he lost mainly fluid from the edema. So this is a good thing. Well please pray that he will tolerate his new breathing machine and he can keep that tube out of his throat. Thanks for all your prayers, they are definitely working!!