Hooray for Poopy Pants

Lincoln has recovered from his withdrawal symptoms that he had last Friday. Over the past few days he has been working on increasing feeds, still through his feeding tube only, and he is up to almost 1oz every 3 hours and tolerating them well. He has had several stools without the help of a suppository! Yay Linc! That is a fantastic sign that everything is working as it should.

He is also working on reducing his narcotics again. This time the weans are a bit slower to keep from triggering withdrawals again. The docs also started giving Lincoln Albuterol as an inhalant with his vibration PD treatment to help open his lungs. It seems to he working and Linc is not having to work as hard to breath (less head bobbing and chest heaving). he will continue his antibiotics for a 7 day course just as a precaution. Since his x ray Friday showed some fluid in his lungs, the docs are just treating him for mild pneumonia, even though his cultures have not grown anything.

The nurses had told me that I could bring in some clothes for Linc to wear, but he still has his PICC line in his forearm, so getting clothes on was going to be challenging. So, I modified a onesie so that the right shoulder opens up with snaps. It fit perfectly! (yes, it is a newborn size) Lincoln was just adorable in his first outfit! He has been a little hot today, so he is naked again, but it was fun while it lasted!