The short answer is "not yet".
The long answer: The respirator coming out was a huge leap towards autonomy but he still has to learn to take a bottle on his own and prove he can gain weight before they will entertain the idea of taking his feeding tube out. Him and I have also been working on breastfeeding twice a day which has been an easier transition than I was expecting. I'm a newbie to the NICU so I don't really know how long each of those steps are so we just keep plugging along.
Basically, your guess is as good as ours.
In the meantime Josh and I are trying to provide Emerson with a little bit of normalcy and routine. She's had quite a few weeks too.
Thanks for praying and for wondering and for thinking of us. Big hugs to you!
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ReplyDeleteBeautiful blogging JJ. I'm glad all is well. :) Girls send their love and so do I. YouYou have inspried me to blog..which I have postponed and questioned for so long.. :) xoxo
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