Day 12

This morning the doctor came in and said we weren't going to change alot today and have a nice easy day.....that didn't last long.  He came back about a half an hour later and wrote a page of orders.  Mason was doing so well on the oscillator and his settings were so low that they decided to take him off of it and try the regular ventilator.  This was a huge step forward for him.  They still have him on the nitric because they want to only do one thing at a time.   He is doing so well on the ventilator right now.  He also started feedings today.  He got 1 ml of breastmilk every three hours today and tolerated it very well.  This is just a small amount to get the gut ready.  They will continue to increase this as he tolerates it. All in all, Mason had a very good day.  He sure impressed all the nurses today.