Jax day 14. 970 grams or 2lbs 2 oz. He is getting more fluids now but overall he is growing. His blood gasses show CO2 concentrations have been improving today and we have decreased the vent settings a little bit but primarily the same. He did not accept the milk yesterday so we are giving him a break from that for a little while. The X-ray of his abdomen shows no air present right now so we are going to wait a day or two to see if we can get his bowels working. The doctors don't seem too worried about this yet but it is a concern so we will be watching closely for any other indications of NEC. We can't hear the murmur right now so that is a great sign. His bilirubin count is low and the light is off for now. No more crap wrapped around his head covering his eyes! It's funny to watch the little guy he keeps trying to jam his thumb in his mouth but he can't with all that crap on his face. He managed to get a finger in earlier and seemed content with that. Today so far so good. FOJSP!!!
Before we left the hospital for the night they took one last blood gas test, and it came back excellent. Best results he's had so far. So they started to turn down his ventilator. It was our favorite nurse on yesterday, and she celebrated right along with us. Already the nurses have started to feel like family. I guess that happens when you spend the most stressful 12 hours a day with someone everyday. But it is comforting to know they really do care about your baby.
We've been down this road before where we turned down the vent to just turn it back up, but we are praying the numbers keep going in the right direction and we can get him off this ventilator.
Today Hunter and I also got diaper changing 101 lessons from the nurses. After mom changed his diaper solo and was bragging about how good it looked, Jackson decided to teach her a lesson by leaking out of his diaper and all over his bed. But I think it may have just been a ploy to get more mom and dad cuddle time, as we got to hold him while they changed his bedding.
It's good to see improvements! We are thinking of you guys! Go Jackson Go!
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