Not much new

Today was a joint trip up to Yale while Christopher hung out with Pop-Pop.  Yale was pretty quiet today, and the Cafeteria food was a little lacking.  They definitely seem to phone it in a little on the weekend, but during the week the food is actually pretty good.

Today was our last day on Orly's rotation.  Tomorrow Dr. Johnson is on the schedule, and she is the doctor that was in the news segment that featured Matthew.

Matthew had a couple of little tantrums today - the nurses say he definitely lets you know when he's upset.  He also always seems to get upset about 15-20 minutes before his food, so it seems he gets hungry!  Still no kangaroo as this cough will not go away.  That is very frustrating.  Perhaps it will be a race with Sean's stye that had taken on a life of its own to see which will go away first and permit the kangaroo care.

The Good

Matthew was snoozing for most of the day today.  At the end of our visit he opened his eyes to take a look at us, but he would rather have his eyes closed.  He is up to 15 cc of breast milk/iValex formula, and still seems to be tolerating the iValex OK.  We are hopeful that continues.

Matthew's blood gas levels have also been good today.  His IV was taken out as he only gets nutrition through the feeding tube.  Hopefully it remains that way.


The Bad

Matthew is still not completely on the pre-extubation vent settings, but is pretty close.


The Ugly

No ugly today - keeping our fingers crossed.