Making progress!

Lincoln is doing very well! He is over 13" long and is 2lbs 5oz now. The surgeons have decided to change his feedings to a formula called Pregestimil to help him get all the nutrients he needs due to his intestinal surgery. We spoke to the surgeon yesterday and he plans to do the reattachment surgery in 4-6 weeks as long as Lincoln continues to be stable and grow. He has been doing exceptionally well with his breathing and his pressure reading on the cpap is being reduced tomorrow. He is still breathing at room air (21%). Once he proves he can handle the reduction in pressure it is likely he will finally get the cpap removed and have just a nasal cannula... that will be sooo wonderful! The 'Small Baby Pod" that he is in now is at full capacity so as soon as a new tiny one needs to be admitted the most stable baby in the pod will graduate to the bigger pod. At this time Lincoln and his neighbor are the most stable so it is possible he will get to transfer! That will be great since this pod is much more active, with baby swings, bouncy seats, some open cribs, etc... His urine culture came back negative last night meaning the e-coli is gone. He also finally gets his last dose of Amphotericin B tomorrow (the very strong medication he has been on for over a month to combat the fungal sepsis infection he developed due to NEC). This will be a big week for him since he gets his first eye exam tomorrow to check for ROP (a very common eye issue most preemies have) and a new head ultrasound thursday to check his ventricle size. We did find out today that he is no longer considered to have Hydrocephalus! That is great news! Most preemies with level 3 or 4 brain bleeds end up with Hydrocephalus and shunts but his head size has not increased and he is showing no signs so he is lucky! This means his body was able to drain the blood from the bleed without clots forming which block the flow and cause swelling in the head and pressure on the brain... so we are very happy.. .the new ultrasound will show if there is any change also. Greg and I have to go back to work tomorrow :( but I plan to work part time so I can still spend as much time as possible with Lincoln.