Isaac is still doing well. He's hitting a few bumps as he tries to gain weight and master oral feeding. He's currently having some digestion issues that's making it hard for him to gain weight. His tummy hurts all the time and he gets super mad--which means he screams--which expends a lot of energy that should be going to growing.

He's on track though and at this point just needs to figure it all out. The plan is to go down to 1 on his cannula tomorrow (Friday). I am really hoping he breezes right off the cannula--it would be so nice to not have to wait many more weeks for him to get over these last couple of humps.

If he tolerates this wean down to 1, then in theory they will try taking him off in a week. We'll see.

He isn't quite up to full oral feeds yet. He's working on it, but he still gets so tired and is still learning how to coordinate breathing with sucking and swallowing. He's almost there.

He's up to 4 lbs 13 oz. He's been gaining weight, just very slowly. He'll go up one day and down for two days, then way up, and then way down. It's been frustrating. After all that he has been through, it seems like these last few humps should be so easy, but they are not. He's got to pull it all together and show that he can do everything he needs to do on his own. He's just not quite there yet. His due date is two weeks away and it looks like he's not going to make it home by then. I'm a little bummed, but certainly not surprised.