February 27th, 2012

Another day of great news! Like the earlier post said, Ryan was on the verge of being put back on the vent. He is now thriving on the CPAP and doing amazing! His oxygen requirement was around 55% for the past two days, but today, they were able to wean him down to about 35%--he even got as low as 29% this afternoon! Normal room air oxygen is roughly 21%, so being at 29%, it is almost as if Ryan was breathing without the help from anything! The nurse is very impressed with his progress! He is now 2 pounds 4 ounces and 14.3 inches long. He had some watery stools yesterday which has the nurse worried, but we figured it out, and I was told I needed to lay off the Mexican food for a while. HAHA. Who would have thought he would have gotten the poops from me eating some PePe's. Ryan and I are so proud of our little guy! We are trying to stay positive about this whole experience and baby Ryan is doing the best he can!