Progress

We are so proud of Mason's progress so far! The docs are continuing to wean his vent pressures. Today he is at 22. Last night they put him back on the vent program that allows him to do most of the work. He seems to be tolerating all of this very well. The docs are thinking that Mason might be off the vent early next week. We have our fingers crossed!

Mason is off of his antibiotic treatment from the closure of his chest. His diuretics have also been weaned to twice daily doses. The docs are also weaning his morphine and sedation and within 1 week he should be off his IV drips for both. When this happens, he will get bolus injections until those are weaned.

Feeding has also been going well so far. He is being given continuous 3 cc's per hour and will go up to 4 cc's at 11pm tonight. His goal is to get up to 18 cc's per hour before they start bolus feeds (large amounts in shorter time periods).

Mason is also continuing his physical therapy and was even sleeping on his belly when I came in this morning. The physical therapist put him there thinking he would only like it for a few minutes but he fell asleep and stayed on his belly for almost 3 hours!