Lucas has been doing much better on his ventilator settings since starting the steroid- dexamethasone. He is now up to 7 ml per hour on his continuous feedings as of 5 minutes ago. He will continue to get increased feedings based on his size, but soon will probably be switched off the continuouse feeding and just recieve one feeding every 3-4 hours like a newborn would. The doctor said that because of how well he is doing, they will likely try him off the ventilator early tomorrow morning. I hope that he does really well and can stay off this time. He had his first eye exam today. This one was just an initial screening-- the doctor said his eyes are immature-- I knew that :) But, it will help him see the progress between today and the next one. He did more kangaroo care with daddy tonight and I got peed on for the first time today changing his diaper. I'll get used to changing a boy's diaper eventually. I'm looking forword to those moments when getting to hold Lucas is nothing newsworthy and stinky diapers are common place.
I will update on his progress tomorrow.
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