Six Weeks Old

Overnight, Archer went backward a step, moving from 40 to 45 breaths per minute. Archer was also quite fussy throughout the day today. His breathing was heavy at times and his breathing tube has been quite loose down in his throat, providing a leak. If Archer, or the tube, slightly moves, it causes his breathing to be not very good at times. His tube was retaped today, but it seemed to help very little.

Despite his fussiness, Archer decided to try to celebrate his sixth week in the world with Dad! Dad learned how to properly take Archer out of his incubator and keep him comfortable on his chest. Archer spent almost two hours with Dad, but his breathing had been heavy and offbeat almost the entire time. He was also pretty drooly before it was decided to put him back in his incubator. Afterward, Archer was still a little fussy and was given a sedative to help calm his breathing.

Archer's intestines looked just fine today on his chest x-ray. His milk consumption was increased from 4 ml to 5 ml, every three hours.