Visitors galore!

We are happy to report that Kale had another stable day today, which wrapped up a pretty good weekend! The Drs. decided to put him back on the hydrocortisone steroid treatment today, but just at half doses. He is getting half the dose he was and is getting it twice a day instead of three times. His Dr. said that his lung x-rays looked a bit more hazy this morning, which is why they decided to put him back on it. His oxygen levels were pretty low today, right around 25-35% for the majority of the day which is great.

His feeds stayed the same today, at 18 mls every 3 hours fortified at 24 calories. They think tomorrow they may fortify it to 27 calories. He lost some weight today, and is back down to 2 lbs. 5 oz. We're pretty sure this happened because Kale pooped on our nurse for about 5 minutes during his 2pm cares :) We got to the hospital and she was laughing telling us that she went through a stack of diapers and had to have another nurse get her more wipes, so we figure that had to drop him quite a few grams!

Kale's gases throughout the day were pretty good, so we are happy with that. The Dr. hasn't made any changes to his vent, which means he's holding fairly steady off the Nitric treatment. We're still hoping that he graduates to the other vent this week so Derc can hold him on Father's Day.

Kale had a few visitors today! He got to see his Grandma and Grandpa Rainbow, Aunt Sarah and Uncle Justin, and his 'Uncle' Mike. Kale was hamming it up for them, showing off how big he can stretch, how he can open his eyes...he was a little embarrassed when they got to watch his diaper change. His cousin Jordan gave him a nice drawing that says his name to put up in his room to bring him some good vibes. We got to wrap up our night tonight by going out to dinner with Sarah, Justin and Jordan before they headed back to Cedar Rapids.

Tomorrow feels like the first Monday in a while that we haven't been anxious about as all of his tests seem to fall on Mondays. We're hoping and praying that his week this week is smooth and his lungs continue to improve so he can switch vents. We hop you all had a fantastic weekend, and thanks for keeping Kale in your thoughts and prayers!