2nd try with the CPAP

Around midnight last night Jack pulled out his ventilator tube, so they're trying him out on the CPAP again. That should be nice, we're hoping for the best, but at the same time, we're not keeping our hopes up that he won't go back to the ventilator. He's just so small yet, and his lungs aren't quite as developed as we'd like. He's breathing pretty hard on the cpap today, but his gasses are the same as with te ventilator, so they're hoping he adapts to it this time.

His IV came out, they're leaving it out for awhile to see how well he does with his feeds, and to see if he really needs it still. They've also upped his food to 15ccs, given over an hour, every 3 hours.

They've put him onto decadron, which is a steriod, every 6 hours, for 4 doses. Decadron improves lung maturity, which will make it easier for him to either absorb or get rid of the fluid in his lungs. They're also giving him lasix, which is a dieuretic, once a day. Between the two meds, they should help his lungs get rid of the fluids that are in there.