Today Sean joined Christopher in being ill, and also has an ear infection. Likely Christopher had an ear infection as well, but he seems to be on the (hopefully) tail end of his cold - which is good because he was been a handful the past few days.
The Good
Matthew's feeds have been increased to 35cc today. He has tolerated sleeping on his back more and didn't look very puffy.
The Bad
Unfortunately Matthew took some steps backward on his respiratory progress. He was doing OK on the ram canula until yesterday mid day. By the time we got up to visit him he was already switched back to the bigger canula. It seems as though there were too many weans at one time, and he just couldn't tolerate it. Matthew is very much a slow and steady, one wean at a time kind of guy. This also means that now he is tired, and they had to bring him up to higher pressure settings than he was before he went on the ram canula, with also higher oxygen requirements. He didn't gain any weight today, likely because of his increased labor of breathing. This was not exactly the Christmas present we were hoping for, so fingers crossed that he can rebound somewhat quickly. Lynn is not back until Monday, and so I clearly am counting the hours until she is....
The Ugly
No Ugly today for Matthew - fingers crossed it stays that way
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