Liam has had a busy few days. Yesterday morning we walked in to see that Liam had been moved to the North wing in ICN. We had no warning so we walked into the West wing where he had been and were met halfway to his bed by the NP. It was one of those happy sad moments. Happy becaise the move means he's doing really good. Sad because there are nurses we wont see again and because we were just getting used to our new spot. We were thrilled to find out Liam's primary was able to follow him to the north wing. With her being an ECMO nurse chances of her being able to follow were slim depending on the situation in the west wing. Then yesterday Liam also got switched over to the nasal canula. It was an exciting day. We were so thrilled. Ofcourse I was nervous and worried that it wouldn't go well and he would have to be put back on the CPAP. It's been about 36 hours now and he's doing great. He also started bottle feeding monday. They started out with half an ounce monday and feeding once a shift. He did great. Has a great suction and no gagging. Yesterday was also great. Today at noon Liam drank just shy of an ounce out of the bottle. It was really awesome. Then tonight at 6p we actually got to put him on my boob and try to breast feed. It was a miserable failure for both of us. My milk wasnt comming out fast enough for him so he didnt like it. Latching on wasnt a problem at all. When we switched to the bottle he ended up eating his full feed out of the bottle. They didnt even have to use the feeding tube. They changed the bottle feeding orders from once a shift to twice a shift. What aggrivates me is that the night shift isnt bothering to wake him up to bottle feed him. He actually sleeps thorugh the night and is the easiest baby they have so they dont want to have to work with him. The only thing they do with him is wake him up at the 6 hour mark when they change his diaper and half the time he doesnt even wake up. I know we only have a few steps left before we can go home but those few steps could be our set back. I'm still praying for the best.
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