Noah, the ever changing, innovative star of pod C continues to surprise both Katie and I and the staff. Noah started the day off great and all indications pointed to the fast track to success. The afternoon turned out to be a little different from the projected game plan. Noah's belly started to distend again. This development lead the doctors to believe that he may have a minor bowel obstruction. Tonight he will have an X-ray to determine if this is in fact the case. If a bowel obstruction is seen, then Noah will get a barium enema which should flush things out.
On the plus side, Noah has said goodbye to his belly button stump, and has been decreased to a nasal cannula instead of the siPAP. This is a huge jump, and a bit scary. The hope is that Noah does well with this challenge. If he does well his road to recovery will be a little faster. We are big fans of the nasal cannula because we can see his head and face!