Day 103

We're still working in figuring out what to do with Parker's feedings. He had another swallow eval today. This time he was to the point of aspiration. So they recommended thickened feeds. I found out today that if you thicken breast milk with rice cereal it breaks down the rice cereal and basically does not keep it thick. So he is now on formula with thickened feeds. It's like a milk shake! Only it does not taste as good. He did ok this afternoon and a bit of a fight to get half of it down tonight. It may take him some time to get used to the formula and the thickness. Praying that this will be the final fix. They have decreased him to 22 cal and increased his feeds to 68cc/3hrs. He has been doing great gaining weight. You wouldn't even know he was a preemie. Greatest news, he's off his oxygen! He's been off all day and is doing well. Hopefully this time we can keep him off.