Today Drayke weighs 9 lbs. This past weekend they were able to lower his O2 requirements to 75%. Today he was at 80%. Dr decided there was no point to have him at 100% because he stat's the same at 80% as he does at 100%. His CO2 this morning was 57 which is great. His Ventilator setting are now at 60 BPM and his pressure is still 38/6. It is not the greatest but at least he is able to go down on his O2. He is still on 5 with the Nitric. He loves that stuff.
We went in to see him and he is getting so big. Spent sometime with him and played with him a bit. I leaned over and was kissing his head and kissing his fingers and he was at 92% on his stats so I think he enjoyed that. I walked away to give mom a few moments with him and I came back in and he was at 62% on his stat. He apparently did not want his diaper changed. A few moments later he was still and his Heart Rate on the monitor went to 0 and his chest got tense. The nurse started to shake him to get him to stop being so tense and then she had to bag him. Scariest sight I have seen. Well actually the 2nd. First time was when he extubated himself. He was turning blue and the nurse was able to get him to relax. Nurse stated that even though the screen showed 0 for his heart rate that he did have a heart rate and that the machine could not pick it up because he was so tense.
We had a little talk with Drayke in regards to giving his dad and mom a heart attack and to leave the turning blue to the baby that is known as the blue baby in the NICU. He settled out and was fine.
Apparently he really loves his rattle that the hang above him and his music-light box because he gets all types of happy. Nurses also says that he enjoys them talking to him. Recently he has been awake a lot more often which is a good thing but it also means that since he is getting older that he will become more and more frustrated. We are hoping we can get him a trach soon but would rather him be stable before doing that.
An Update on the Donation fund for Drayke. We are still working with Bank of America to get it all setup.
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