Today was a big day for Levi, he was taken off all oxygen and is now breathing completely on his own! We are so thankful and excited. He now has no wires or tubes on his face or in his throat. The feeding tube was removed as well the other day and he is being bottle fed. The only thing left is the IV for the additional IV fluids/nutrition he is getting until he reaches his full feedings by bottle. They start the babies off with very very small feedings and gradually increase so that they don't get sick. Currently, Levi is up to 24mLs which is roughly 2/3 of an ounce. He is fed every 3 hours and they increase his feeing amount by 2mLs every 6 hours. So, it is a slow process to get him up to his full feeding which is around 1.5oz before he can come home. The doctor told us today that it could be just 2-4 days until we are able to bring him home. We are really excited for that and hope it is sooner rather than later. Levi's weight today was 5lbs 1oz so he is close to returning back up to his birth weight of 5lbs 3oz. Thank you for your prayers and please keep praying that Levi continues to do well and doesn't have any set backs. We would love to be able to bring him home in a few days.
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