Ali and I arrived at the hospital at 11:30 to some pleasant surprises. Brady was free from any breathing assistance. He also was drinking from a bottle with our nurse, Kathy.
He spent four hours with us not wearing his nasal cannula. Kathy decided to eventually put it back on, but she was very impressed with his progress.
They are trying to feed him 100 ml every three hours. They start first with a bottle and the goal is 25 ml for now. The rest of the 100 ml goes through the tube in his nose. He only drank 15 ml from the bottle when we were with him today, but I guess he drank the entire 25 ml during one feeding in the night. Once again, this is good progress from yesterday.
We're hopeful that Ali will try nursing a little bit tomorrow and see how he does.
Brady also had his loudest cries while we were there. After raising two babies, it's hard to imagine being excited about hearing a loud cry. To us it's just another sign that he's acting like a normal baby. Ask us again in a couple of months and we might have a different opinion about his crying getting stronger. :)
He's now keeping his eyes open for about an hour at a time. He seems to be tracking really well and it's fun to interact with him.
Ali goes back to the doctor tomorrow to check her incision. Right now there is still a small amount of blood coming from the wound. We're hopeful that tomorrow is another day of progress for Brady and Ali. Please keep both of them in your thoughts and prayers.
With love,
Tyler, Ali, Ava, Casey and Brady
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