Kangaroo? More like Anger-roo...

We visited Max today and beheld  his infinite cuteness for a while before Brienne attempted to engage him in a little skin-to-skin cuddle time. Because of the CPAP tubes pushing and pulling at his face, and because of the feeding tube in his throat, it was very difficult to get Maximilian comfortable.  He was pushing, clawing, screaming, crying and causing all sorts of fusses while being held.  He has adorable little tantrums and is quite a fun little handful. What was interesting here was that, despite him pushing his CPAP tube out of his nose for pretty much the entire cuddle, his blood oxygen was still in the high 80's or low 90's.  This basically means that he's far more able to bring in and store up his oxygen from the air around him than he was before.  It's quite a good sign to see him make such huge progress in his breathing.  Also, when he did have the CPAP in, his pressure settings were as low as they could go.  Again, this is a great indicator of his progress and it makes taking him off of CPAP more of a sure thing.  We can only hope he tries his best and continues to do so well once they actually switch the CPAP off in the future.