Wednesday, September 3, 2008

Weaning down the oxygen

Well Logan has had a few changes over the last day or so and he is doing very well with them. He is on the lowest setting of oxygen that he can be .05 liters of flow and around 45% oxygen. They are planning on trying to wean him off of the oxygen completey tomorrow. Please pray that he will tolerate this. The nurse did say that some babies need to go back on the cannula for awhile before they can be weaned totally.

He is up to 38 ccs of milk and he took his whole bottle for me at noon. Then grandma got to hold him for awhile. He was up to 4 lbs., 10.3 oz. last night and was still around 17 inches long.

He got 3 immunizations (2 last night and one this morning). He was such a trooper (at least that is what the nurses said, I didn't want to be there for the shots!) One was a hepatitis B, polio, and something else combined into one shot, one was to protect against pneumonia, and the one this morning was to protect against other respiratory illnesses. He gets Tylenol every 4 hours to help with the pain. He really hasn't been very fussy though. He's such a good little baby!

He had his eye exam this morning and he did better with it than last week. The doctor said he still has stage 1 retinopathy. But last week he was between stage 1 and stage 2 so this seems to be clearing up! Thank God for this. I am very thankful that he is doing so well. God has answered many of my (and all of your) prayers.

2 comments:

Amanda said...

He just never throws us a curve, does he? What are a couple of lousy shots when you've been poked and prodded as much as he has been in his short little life?

Such a trooper! We love you, Logan!

Amanda, Ed and Gabi

Anonymous said...

Good job Logan! Maybe your not so stubborn after all! When you reach 5 pounds we will throw you a party. Such a big boy you are, turning two months tomorrow! We will continue to pray.
P.S. Jill shots aren't that bad. You get a sucker if your a good girl!
Love,
Luke, Leslie, Taylor & Addalyn