Day 21

Day 21

Day 21: 870 grams or 1 lb 15 oz. After a very tough, and disappointing, day yesterday Jackson is doing much better today. He is really liking the new oscillating ventilator he is on. He has been very relaxed all day. His white blood cell count was very high and his blood sugar levels were elevated last night so they think Jackson has an infection. The did a blood culture today and initial reports show it is likely pneumonia, but we'll know more tomorrow. They have started him on a 7 day course of antibiotics today though. They think he may have been coming down with this and that is why he had such bad apnea attacks off the ventilator and why he has had such bad secretions, like the one that blocked off his tube. He was tolerating the feedings very well prior to going back on the ventilator, up to 4 cc every 3 hours. But they have stopped since to let his body rest and focus on healing his lungs. Today's X-Ray showed his bowels have gone back to sleep, completely white. But they did show his right lung has completely opened up again. His bilirubin is back down to 2.3, so he got a little break from light again today. All of the nurses are so wonderful, and their hearts broke for us yesterday. So today while changing out his bed, they let mom hold sweet little Jackson up for a minute. And both mom and dad got to steal a little kiss. Jackson is doing good, we take our wins where we can get them. FOJSP!!