Tuesday, December 30, 2008

246th Day in the NICU

Drayke turned eight months old on Sunday. His night nurse left the cutest note on his dry erase board. She likes calling him Draykie-poo!

Dr P has been on for the 2 days and is itching to get Drayke's trach surgery scheduled. He is having some bad issues with his gag reflex and has been spitting up a lot over the last few days. Not formula, just LOTS of phlem.

Sunday, Dr P contacted Dr M, Drayke's cardiologist, and was told that the latest echo shows a dramatic improvement. His most recent x-ray looks great except for a tad of atalectisis/ small collapse in his upper right lobe. Other than that the lungs look great.

Drayke has recently, within the last few weeks, discovered his fingers. He is now pretty much ignoring his tube and playing with his fingers and feeling his stuffed animals. It is so cute watching him play with them and discovering all the new sensations. Mind you, he is still in love with his mobile. In the vid he is watching it and is all excited . My happy wiggly lil man.


2 comments:

Anonymous said...

What a great video - and wonderful news to go with it too!

Happy New Year to both of you... and to Drayke too!

Erin

Anonymous said...

No update in a week...has Drayke gotten his trach yet?