Landon's eating progress

Hi everyone! Landon made some progress with eating today. We are trying to keep him on a schedule of eating every three hours so that he can have some consistency with his eating habits. Our nurse helped the doctors understand that their expectations for Landon were just too much for him to handle. So, his end goal for the day is to take in 60 mls per feeding, that is 2 ounces. He began the day with 50 mls and has now increased to 60 with our most recent feeding. Hopefully he keeps it down! He drinks 20-25 mls on his own and then the rest has to be tube fed. Obviously the goal is to take all of it in on his own, but we were asked to only work on his eating for about 20 minutes, so he doesn't tire and have bad feelings about eating. He can't take in that much in 20 minutes, so we are gradually working up to it.

We were told today that it is possible that we will be moved to St. Mary's because of our insurance. He would be moved to the NICU there instead of being in the PICU here. I believe the thinking is that, if he is recovered enough from his surgery then the important thing to focus on is his eating. The NICU will be able to help with that. His eating will be the main focus. So, we are waiting to see what happens with that.

We will continue to update everyone with Landon's progress and if we move or not. Again, thank you to everyone for the prayers and support. Please continue to send those prayers, they mean so much to us.

Yesterday, Landon's Christmas visitors included Grandma and Grandpa Bartels and Uncle Mike and Aunt Kelly. Today, Grandma and Grandpa Bausman, Nick's Aunt Judy and Uncle Terry, Aunt Megan and Taylor, and our good friend Holly paid visits! We did manage to get Landon's mustachifier in and get a photo!! It's a little big, but funny all the same!