All the news today is about speech therapy and physical therapy. Away from that, Lewis had a pretty low key day. He's getting more and more used to (and expectant of) walks around the ward and riding in the sling. Jenn had him staring out the window for a long time today too. I'm not sure what he can see at that distance, but he was calm.
The speech therapist tried Lewis on another small bottle (5 ml) again today. Once again, he coughed when it hit his throat, but did swallow about 3 ml. He doesn't seem to have things coordinated yet. The doctor and speech therapist think they may try him on some applesauce. on the theory that something thicker will give him a little more time to react. Later in the day, the nurse gave Lewis some tylenol from an eye dropper - in case he was still sore from yesterday - he got that down with no problem, so that's a good sign.
We've been worried about Lewis' strong preference for his right side. He favors looking right almost all the time. This isn't unusual for babies and can usually be fixed with physical therapy, but it was still a concern. Today we made some progress. I was able to get Lewis to move his eyes and turn his head to follow a rattling toy from right to left several times. Later in the afternoon, the physical therapist focused getting Lewis to look left during their session. She had some success too and was pleased with his progress.
After all that work today, Lewis has been pretty needy. He's tired, but he's also got a rash that may be bugging him. Tonight's nurse tells us they think it is eczema, they're treating it now. She also said Lewis was calm but wouldn't let her put him down - and that he's got the game all figured out and has them all wrapped around his finger. Nice to know he's getting plenty of attention when we're not there :)
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