Eating Again

Eating is the big news of the day. After Ryan was safely off the vent, they started him right back into taking bottles. He has done pretty well, although it may be awhile before he is back to eating as much as he did presurgery. Right now he is at around 30 mL per feeding (he had been up to 65). They took at one of his IV's t0day, so only about 100 more to go (actually more like 5). He is down to only one heart medicine which they turned down today and expect to turn off tonight. If he does well with that, they will be able to remove the line that monitors his artrial pressure and we will get to hold him again (right now, we just have to kind of prop him up with one hand and hold the bottle with the other). That's about it for now, Jason is here for the night shift and I am heading home to have dinner with the big boys. Hope all is well for everyone. Thanks to all who have posted and are thinking of us.