Another full day. Lewis had physical therapy and speech therapy today. Jenn took him for another walk around the floor too - this time he stayed awake and checked things out. Mercifully, he calmed down for me after his customary 6 pm meltdown - no morphine needed. Lewis seems to be much more demanding of whomever is holding him lately - he has to be rocked to stay calm when he's awake.
Feedings are up to 23 ml/h of milk through the naso-gastric tube, hoping to go up to 25 ml/h tonight or tomorrow. They're talking about stopping the IV fluids, since he is now very close to full feedings. Still not much interest in eating the regular way - even with the lollipops, but we're working on it. The speech therapist did some work alternating between a lollipop and a glycerin swab (sour flavor we're told) to encourage Lewis to like tasting things. He made a pucker face with the glycerin swab and the therapist was pleased with this reaction.
The surgeon was certain that the abscess was no longer an issue, so they stopped the last antibiotic today. Things seem to be going well for the last few days, so we're keeping our fingers crossed.
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