Let the Weaning Begin

Today is day 2 of Bryce getting steroids. So far they seem to be working good, the docs have been able to wean him on the vent. His breaths are down to 19 (not sure of the medical term) and his rate is 19 as well. His O2 is at 50% right now but they are hoping to wean that soon too. His carbon dioxide is down in the 60's from the 80-90's, so far so good as far as that goes. Hopefully he will continue on this path and get off the vent soon. He is 920 grams today. I held him again for about 3 hours so nice! I wanted to hold him again later in the afternoon but he is only allowed to come out once a day. He is getting Vitamin E and Iron now and they increased his feeds to 17 ml every 3 hrs. Try to fatten him up! So thats about it for today, the weather sucked so I just stayed at the hospital all day... Oh I posted some new pics from today's hold. Check them out.