He no longer has the strip of white tape above his lip holding a small tube in place. The only thing he has are the nasal canulas and the tubes in his belly button. He is looking better and better all of the time. You will probably think that he looks "huge" as he is swollen from the fluids that they are giving him. He has started to lose a lot of that so the swelling should go down. He was up to about 10.5 pounds due to the amount of fluids.
I think he is the biggest new born in the NICU - hands down.
They are talking about removing one of the tubes from his belly button and possibly starting feedings soon. Right now he has only had IV nutrition.
Enjoy the pictures...
