4 Weeks, 1 Day (GA: 32 Weeks)

Nanette has made steady progress and we are very hopeful that the worst is behind us.  The hemorrhaging is almost entirely gone.

Yesterday I asked the nurse to find out during rounds what the plan was to get Gabe off his breathing rate support, thinking maybe we could get him down from 20 breaths/minute to 10 or 15 by the end of the day.  When I called back in the afternoon he was completely off his rate and his CPAP and was only on hi-flow nasal cannula.  Primary Children's apparently manages the respiratory therapy differently than University Hospital.  Still, he had responded positively to the change and his number of As and Bs had been going down.  Gabe's head is measuring 29.5cm and his fontanel is still soft.

One thing I believe I have not mentioned yet is that Gabe is no longer in an isolette.  He is in a little bed in the open air with a heater above him that kicks in occasionally as needed.

Zeke continues to do well given his suspected infection.  His urinary analysis looked OK and his tummy started to calm down again.  He is still on CPAP, but does not have a rate.  He is still on his antibiotics but is not showing any further signs of infection.