Week 9

4/19/04 - Not much to tell.  Toby's morphine was weaned again today.  He didn't seem to mind.

4/18/04 - Still going strong!  He was off CPAP for a long time yesterday and so today he is really tired.  He slept hard most of the day.  We tried to give him a bottle but he wanted nothing to do with it.  Oh well, we'll have to try another day.

4/17/04 - Not a lot of news today, except that Toby is 5 lbs now double his birth weight!   Very exciting.  His morphine was weaned again today.  Getting low!

4/16/04 - Bath day!  Toby's third bath.  He liked this one as well.  He just floated quietly in the water while we washed his stinky little feet.  He also got his first immunizations.  He was a little fussy this morning but nothing too bad.

4/15/04 - Tax day!  Toby didn't seem to notice.  Today they decreased his morphine again and he will spend the day on oxygen rather than CPAP.  We did another kangaroo session which was very hard to end.  He was so peaceful and warm.  He also got his first feed from a bottle!  After a few minutes of getting used to the bottle he started to really suck it down.  He took 12 ml then fell asleep.  Yea, Toby!

4/14/04 - Toby was back on the CPAP this morning.  He went back on at 1:00 am, so he made it 12 hours.  The night nurse said he was working very hard to breathe and he lost a little weight.  So he's not ready for full time oxygen...... yet!  That's okay.  So he will go back to getting breaks from the CPAP.  He got a nice break this morning and his first kangaroo session.  We both enjoyed that a lot.

4/13/04 - Today they decided to let Toby off the CPAP for as long he is able to handle it.   So he went onto regular oxygen at 1:00.  When we left him at 9:00 he was still going strong.  That's 8 hours off CPAP in a row!  His morphine was decreased again - only about 6 more weans and he'll be off.  That will be great.