Day off...

Max basically had the day off today. No vent changes, no blood gasses (since 4 a.m.) no x-rays. Probably because tomorrow is a big day. They will start the attempted final feeding before we have to look at bowel surgery tomorrow.

He enjoyed some quality Mommy snuggle time and showed me those precious eyes. I can't tell you how much I love seeing him alert again. It's been several days of lethargy and it's much better to see him looking more active and well.

He weighed in at 4 lbs tonight! Part of that is fluid, which is why they now have him on a daily diuretic (Lasix) to help shed the fluid his body is retaining. But he has gained some weight, even without eating, thanks to his baby Gatorade and IV lipids. He's almost big enough to be in an open crib instead of his isolette. He's keeping his body temp high enough that they have to unwrap him from his swaddle. He really LOVES the swaddle, so I hope they'll control that soon. I wonder if he could be running a slight temp. We especially worry about that with his infection, but tonight, the nurse thinks it's just climate control.