extubation!

eeetubayayaytion is making me wait, making me craaa-zay. My apologies to the Carly Simon fans out there. I hope I haven't left too many clouds in your coffee.
Anders was extubated today. He is back on the cpap.
He weighs 3lbs. 2 oz now. He's up to 28 mils every three hours--fuller full feedings.
The down side of extubation is that he keeps pulling the tube out of his nostrils. Anna held him today and he had a bit of trouble being out because it was hard to situate the tube to get a proper amount of air flow. They might try the old slot machine lady tubes for his nose tomorrow when we hold him. If he does well on those, he might graduate to slot machines earlier than expected. He shouldn't have to be reintubated since the only reason he's resating on the machines is the awkward angle of the tubes. I hope this message makes it through all the shift changes tonight. I think we are going back to get more milk bottles this evening, so we will pass the message along. He's doing so much better overall than last time he was extubated that this one has a better chance of sticking. Last time there were about 11 things wrong with him, this time it's just breathing and slightly low sodium (It's still 128, but they need to keep the IV open, so giving him sodium to keep that open is as good as anything).
Another good day, but a short visit due to his anger at the tubes.
Also, Brett Favre's first preseason game as a Viking is tonight. I'm about to have a whole lotta fun. Not sure if the roof will hold on the Metrodome tonight!