More Progress

We call this his superman pose. He raises his hands above his head a lot

when he sleeps. It's really cute when he is so relaxed.

Rhys has had an amazing couple of days. So good it's almost scary - like it's TOO good. Hopefully you enjoyed the 30 minutes worth of bath time. :o) Cody was very excited to post the clips. The best part? Lotion! He was in desperate need of a little lotion on his crusties and he's looking much better.

Rhys is still tolerating his feeds very well and he is up to 23cc every three hours. In addition to the caloric additive his milk is now being fortified with phosphorous and calcium for his bones. Does anyone notice anything different about little man's arms? Anyone?? To those who answered "he has no IVs" you are paying attention! They removed the IV used for the blood transfusion, but that's not such a big deal. The big news is that he no longer has a PICC line. He lost his two remaining med pumps for the versed and morphine yesterday so they were able to remove his PICC line. At one time he had 8 meds going into the PICC line so this is amazing, NO PUMPS! This eliminates a source of infection, and we're happy he no longer needs it. His O2 today has ranged from 40% when I got here to about 65% after his vitals were taken and diaper was changed. The vent rate is down to 34bpm (wow!) and the pressure remains the same. I was told they are going to try alternating between lowering the pressure and rate settings a couple of times a week. We're very excited at his progress and hope he keeps it up. Please continue to pray for little man to stay strong and keep making forward progress.