day 9

Thomas is doing well with his feeds, which were doubled (although twice times very little is still not much at all!). He gets VERY feisty when it starts to get close to time for some milk, then afterwards he is quite content and has a long snooze. He was allowed to try a bottle this morning but he just couldn't manage it although he was certainly very interested. In the end the nurse gave most of it by tube again. His breathing is still fairly rapid and labored, although his sats have improved, and he can't coordinate breathing and sucking and swallowing. For now they will hold off on bottles until his breathing gets better which should make it easier for him to eat. Due to how very ill he was last week, it's taking a bit longer than average for him to adjust to being off the vent and doing all the work of breathing on his own, and his lungs probably still have some healing to do.