A full rich day.

Lots going on in ICN land today. Yesterday and today they are up to %90 of capacity. There was a lot of activity next to Tyler's bed yesterday that kept his vitals higher than normal for most of the afternoon. You could see the energy in Tyler's stats he seemed very fussy with all the activity going on around him. This tells us he can hear, see, and/or sense things around him. Today things are more settled and Tyler was chilling out when we came in.


I see this pic and instantly think of floating down a slow river in an inner-tube, feet hanging over the side (don't forget the frosty beverage).

The only major item to come out of rounds today was that he is doing well and there is lots of talk about removing CPAP, most likely moving to high-flow O2.
Similar rig, but less bulky nose-piece.

Every day we get a better feel for the positions Tyler likes and doesn't like. He is not a big fan of being on his back. We can get about an hour maybe 2 before he has squirmed out of all his bindings and starts getting fussy. As much as Rachel hated being swaddled as an infant Tyler loves it. Can't say I blame him, the plan has him inside mommy for another 2.5 months, not alot of elbow room in there.
Wrap him up tight and he's very relaxed. Once he breaks free a simple hand on him ofter will keep him calm for a while.


Feeds are advancing again. He is up to 5ml(cc) of milk every 2 hours. For those of you not on the Metric band-wagon yet, 5 ml = 1 teaspoon. The 24 hour total today is about 60ml(1/4 cup). Tyler's feeds advance 1ml every day so tomorrow it will be 6ml every 2 hours. About 15 minutes before his next feeding you'll see Tyler starts to suck on his feeding tube until his tummy is full. Were on the look-out for the first real poop. That will be a good sign that his intestines are up and running.


He really loves being on his belly. It's still aginst the rules for those of you playing at home. Tyler is a trained professional (and he's rather well monitored.)