NICU Day 17

Will had another great night. He is just doing so well after the hole in his blood vessel has closed. Speaking of that, Dr Omara ordered another heart ultrasound today just to make sure that the vessel had closed and it was all clear. Will's weight has gone down to 1lb 2oz or 520 grams but that is due to all the fluid he has gotten rid of with being on the indocin mediciation for PDA and not having any milk. Will is doing so good and regulating his heart rate between 150-170. They lowered his breaths per minute down to 25 on the ventilator because it had been around 30 which means he is taking more breaths on his own without the ventilator. We are hoping he can come off of it this coming week. I'll be so happy but yet so terrified when that happens. The other good news is that Will has resumed his feedings but is only getting about 2mls every 3 hours. They are starting him off slow to not interfere with NEC which is a stomach infection he could get. So today for this rainy Saturday all is well in Will's life. When we were there visiting him, he had both his eyes open so I got to see those beautiful eyes again. Such a wonderful thing to see.