more small steps

Marie was able to hold Caley today for several hours, and Caley did really well. She's still on the ventilator, but assuming she does okay overnight, the doctor plans to extubate her tomorrow morning and put her back on the CPAP mask. They also continue to increase Caley's feedings gradually, and so far, she's doing well with that. There is some concern that the CPAP may interfere with her feedings, so she'll get a little different configuration for her feeding tube after she is extubated.

Unfortunately, Caley's chest x-rays aren't looking ideal. It's too soon to know, but there's a chance she may have some long-term lung damage. We're praying that will clear up and not be a permanent problem. Beyond that, it was a largely uneventful day. We're happy to have had a couple of those.