Enter NICU. 30% oxygen.
Nurse that knows him well!
Weight on the board 3353. A gain of 81 grams.
7lb 6oz!
Putting on weight quick.
They had an xray this morning that looks quite good for RT! Continue reading “November 7th 2016”
Month: November 2016
November 6th 2016
Enter NICU, weight up 70 grams again, he needs to poop.
Respiratory rate down from 22 to 20.
To explain the idea of weaning respiratory rate.
Essentially the machine ensures he takes 20 breaths with a higher peak pressure of 28 to get good inflation. Just like us we take a bigger breath occasionally. Continue reading “November 6th 2016”
November 5th 2016
Two large events last night where he had to be black bagged and spo2 got into the teens and he changed colors.
Stable day though. Continue reading “November 5th 2016”
November 4th 2016
Head up to the NICU early before exchanging the rental car and going to base to check email.
RT is on 34% oxygen.
Weight on the board is 3215 grams…. That is 7.08 lbs!!
Woah! He is putting on weight quick!
Nurse today is one that he has frequently, same with his day respiratory therapist. Continue reading “November 4th 2016”
November 3rd 2016
Normal cares today. Stable temps. Just pee. He gets 48 hours to poop before he’s assisted.
Trainee with our primary las night. Primary went home early, not feeling well so thats a bummer hope she is ok. Curious… Who did we have? Continue reading “November 3rd 2016”
November 2nd 2016
Noticed I somehow titled the 1st of november the 4th when its only now the 2nd. Obviously tired. Corrected it now.
I could pretty much copy and paste yesterday.
Today was much like yesterday. Down to having the same conversations just with different doctors. Apparently the ongoing discussion was not passed on by the doctors.
The pulmanologist has an even slower plan now. Does not make sense to me. Going to continue talking about it more with doctors, nurses, and respiratory therapists and at rounds tomorrow. Continue reading “November 2nd 2016”
November 1st 2016
Go to the Lytle center to check if they have room to accept donor milk. The process to get mom approved to donate to the Northwest Mothers milk bank finally went through last Thursday. It was a huge screening process to complete. It makes sense though but should not have taken almost 2 months. Continue reading “November 1st 2016”
Preemie Pop 