Head to NICU a little earlier to be there for his eye exam.
RT is 16 weeks old today! Glad he is with us. We must be patient. Happy birthday little buddy!
Primary nurse!
He pooped on the nurses hand earlier this morning!
RT is on 22% oxygen! Amazing! His PC over peep is lowered by 2. Down to 14. So now his PIP is only 22.
Weaned to 21% for a bit! Good boy! Continue reading “November 10th 2016”
Enter NICU. He is on 28% oxygen so that’s awesome!
Nurse is one we have had a bunch but she is not feeling good so going to swap with a different nurse. Another one we have never had.
Hope she is ok and not going into labor.
Pulmonologist stops by, we discuss some changes. Continue reading “November 9th 2016”
30% oxygen! He is on his belly.
RT had a decent night except for two bigger events and a few smaller ones.
His vent settings weaned. His PC over PEEP has been turned down by 2 from 18 to 16!
This means the peak pressure (PIP) will be 24 instead of 26 on the big breaths the machine gives him.
He seems to be tolerating it well!
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”
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”
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”
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”
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”
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”
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 