Progress

onner has been restless all morning. They gave him several doses of medication to take the edge off. I got to hold him for several hours trying to console him. Nothing seemed to work. When they did rounds, we asked about food. He was on 5ml/hour over night just to make sure his tummy still works.
After we got the nurses to get doctor's written order, we mixed up a bottle for him just like we do at home. He grabbed the bottle and downed 200 ml (7 ounces) in less than 5 minutes! We burped him, adjusted his bed and blankets and then he finally fell asleep. This was his first meal in 6 days. It makes me sad just to type that...

We had to push the team along this morning to finally get doctor's orders for eating orally. You could see the life come back into his eyes. The poor kid was hungry!

One less drain tube in his chest. The last drain tube should be pulled tomorrow. We are shedding the tubes and lines daily. All good signs. Word on the street is he may get transferred out of critical care on Wednesday. One day at a time. But we are crossing our fingers...and our toes!