Today was a great day! Samuel is now on a regular nasal cannula instead of Vapotherm. He was able to get rid of his arterial line, Lasiks, and chest tube! John spent the day with him and got to hold him twice. Tomorrow they have talked about introducing him to a bottle. So far he has tolerated tube feedings of breast milk really well and they’ve been increasing it every 6 hours.  He moved into a different pod in the ICU that is less intense than where he was. They have talked about moving him into the step down are tomorrow if he continues to do well tonight. We are so happy with all of his progress! Today he wore a shirt for the first time and the nurses just loved him!