Steady improvement

Gabe was able to start feeding through his new tube this morning. We started, and are still at, half of his normal feedings. He is tolerating it ok and hasn't spit up quite as much as he usually does. We have learned that this tube is a lot different! With the ng tube it could take close to an hour for the entire feeding - with the Gtube it could be over in a matter of minutes if we aren't careful (hold it up too high). Like the ng tube, his milk goes in by gravity, but we don't have to "push" it with a plunger like we did before. It is nice we don't have to hunt for the plunger, but now we have a cap to keep track of. Hopefully they give us an extra? We still have some things to learn about, but we are off to a nice start.

Last night was a pretty lonnng night. Our "roomies" decided to leave their TV on until 4:30 in the morning. By 1 AM, Josh had noticed there wasn't anybody in the parent lounge, so we put some cushions on the floor and took turns sleeping in there while one of us stayed with Gabe. I think we tallied about 3 hours of sleep each, and that wasn't all at once. This morning we were treated to rap music - thankfully they have been sent home, so hopefully we will sleep a little better tonight. we have new roomies already, but they appear to be more "normal" sleepers. I guess we'll find out.