November 1st: Today was the big day at the hospital where we determined how long Duke would be in rehab in regards to oxygen and feeding. I don’t want Duke to come come with oxygen if possible, because this can be a large challenge. He is down to .2 liters and as long as he keeps up the good work will go to .1 tomorrow. Duke is going to be coming home either Tuesday or Wednesday (depending on how long it takes for Duke’s medical supplies to come in). I will be doing a trial run in the hospital apartment from Friday night until Monday morning. In the hospital apartment I will be in the safety of the hospital, but it will be just Duke and I….and any visitors.
(He's faking...it's a cat nap) Duke was crazy awake today from the time I got there until he passed out after his 3pm feed. He was mad when I put him down so of course I had to hold and cuddle with him. He took 24 ml in his early feed with the speech therapist, which is his all time best. This is also almost 50% of his 55ml feed. I got my first chance to attempt breast feeding today; which the lactation nurse said was a good start. After this Duke took the bottle from me and Killed It! He took 23 ml in less than 5 minutes. He then went into a food coma and fell asleep.
( This is the NG tube I placed)
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