This morning is going well. Dr. Kahn came by on rounds and is encouraged with his progress overnight. He is still requiring a bit of oxygen, 40%, and they are going to hold it there rather than at 30% as mentioned last night.He had to have another dose of Adavant to calm him down last night, but he seems to be relaxed this morning.
Nitric oxide is currently at 2 ppm and we are looking at taking it off soon.
Last night they removed the tube going to his stomach (it is only there to keep air out of the stomach, not for feeding) and are going to replace it with a NGOG tube to feed him the future. This is very exciting because he will have a chance to get some of mom's milk today! Hopefully his little tummy will react well and he can continue getting milk for nutrition and be weaned off the TPN nutrition by IV.
Four main things may or have changed this afternoon:
1) They removed the chest tube, which was placed to remove air in the chest cavity after his pneumothorax. The most painful part for him was getting the tape off. The picture above was right after it came out and you can tell his skin is a little red.
2) Add the NGOG tube for future feeding.
3) Get him off of the oscillator breathing machine and back onto the Servo-I ventilator. Dr. Khan came by and tested a hand bag and said, "Not bad, not perfect enough" for the switch. He is going to come back by before the end of his shift this evening to see how things look and see if he is ready. Most likely he'll switch back to that ventilator in the morning and hopefully will only be on that for a few days!
4) They removed the catheter and will now measure his urine output by weighing his diapers.
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| This is a bag they use to test the "strength of the lungs". Hopefully by this evening the bag will indicate the switch to the Servo-i ventilator. |
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| Servo-I ventilator on standby ready to go. I never thought I would be looking forward to a different ventilator. |
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| This is a copy of a GAS test. This is what we wait and pray for good results of Oxygen (O2) and Carbon Dioxide (CO2) hour to hour. Lately thay have been taking "GAS" every four hours. Less frequency means stablization! |
We have been on spring break... I have been shocked to see your posts... not exactly what was expected... you guys are in our prayers, especially Mr. Henry... Love you all and even though we are far away, if there is ANYTHING we can do, please don't hesitate!!! Love you, Moore's!!!! Bob, Missy, Maddie, Carly, and Jack
ReplyDeleteIt was sure good to see him this evening looking better. He's a little fighter!!
ReplyDeleteWe are watching for every post and praying diligently for Little Henry to grow stronger every minute until he is able to completely function without any of the machines. We are also sending up prayers for the rest of your family, for your peace, that all your needs will be met and you'll have your family together at home very soon. We love you so very much! Prissy and John
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