Looking ahead

Woody keeps doing well in every area but the lungs. Although he's not any worse, he doesn't seem to have much flexibility in lowering his pressures or getting down the oxygen needs yet. I am beginning to think that he just needs to be able to get some real food in him (his 'trophic feeds'-- i.e., the gut-primers, are scheduled to increase in the next few days) and be able to grow and get strong to be able to show any progress on that front.

His glucose continues to show improvement, so it looks like he can get more sugar in his nutrient mix; he isn't having much trouble maintaining acceptable levels of most of the things they track in his blood, and he continues to, uh, excrete.

One minor problem we have noted today for the first time is that Woody's working on a couple of little hernias. I take my cues for what to worry about from the demeanor of the doctors and nurses while on rounds, and it seems pretty clear that this is not a Big Deal, and therefore I am not going to stress about it. He'll need to get a quick surgery sometime around (or even after) he goes home and then it will be done.

After our awesome time holding him yesterday, I am looking forward to getting to hold him myself, and making sure he gets cuddled properly. I just know that will help him get better.