Rhys has another primary nurse

So Rhys' primary nurse count is up to three and we love all of them! And he does too! It's great when he has a primary nurse on shift, so with three in rotation hopefully that will be more often than not. Rhys needed a little more pressure on the oscillator today to open up some areas of his lungs that weren't staying open on the lower pressure. His O2 was about 88% when I got in this morning, but is about 50% right now. Based on the latest chest x-ray and O2 level they have decreased the pressure slightly from what it was this morning. His milk feedings are up to 4cc since he has been taking them well. Dr. Gloom said today that Rhys is a fighter (which we all have known). He says we need new, healthy lung tissue to grow, so if we can get his feedings increased so little man can gain some weight we might have a "fighting chance". At this point we are praying that we avoid infection, that little man does not fall back to square one when the steroids are finished, and that he can tolerate the increased feedings to allow him to grow so his little lungs get better.

Lastly, cowlick or curl? Look on the top picture, on the front right portion of his head. Previously we thought maybe it was just stuck from the tape that held down the IV he had in his head. The nurse cleaned that though and the curl still remains. Cody got funny and has added a poll at the right side of the blog, so cast your vote!