Happy 5 Weeks Aiden!!!!
The 4am call... It seems we are going to get him off the dopamine within the next 24 hrs. He is doing good, sleeping and comfy cozy, just the way a baby should be. His BP's have been pretty ok for being weened and we will just have to "wait" and see. They did take out the ART line at 4 too, since the dose of dopamine was low and after they drew bloods tonight the ART line had just about had enough (it was in a tepermental spot to begin with) so now it's gone. Wow he now has two feet and one hand free, what is a boy to do.
I just called, it's 2pm, and CC said he came off the dopamine (I believe within the past two hours) they changed his isolette, which they do every two weeks or so, and his day was been good so far. His blood gas was good and so was his crit so they will not draw bloods until tuesday unless he starts to "act up". However they just did an xray to look at his belly because it is more destended then it was, 21cm vs 20cm. They believe it is air since he isn't eating but need to take a look since they are not pulling much air from his belly. Let's hope that, that is all it is, damn air, and will go away cause we know how we feel when we have gas... UGH!!!!
Other then that there is not much to tell. I am going to head in to see him soon, and will update more later.. positive energy... Keep sending all that positive energy prayers and hope..
Well I went out and got my peanut some little socks now that he has somewhat free feet.. And a preemie snap on tshirt and bottoms.. They are still big for him and he can't wear the outfit just yet i don't think cause of his belly but soon he will if we can get all this stuff fixed.
He is off the BP meds still (I just got home from seeing him) and his last gas came back good. His heart rate and O2 is in the ball park we want it in so this is another good thing. They have him on 25 to 30% O2 on the vent and he's been doing good (21% is room air)
So we are back on the climb up.. Wooo Hoooo..
His belly however is now 22cm but the xray did show gas in there. The doctors don't seem too worried about it though. I even looked at the xray myself, as I try to when ever they put one up, and you can see the loops of his intestines again. When we talked to the doc yesterday she said if he has dead bowel in there and it has to be removed, as long as he has at least 50 cm of good bowel then he should be fine. i again asked the question I asked before about the platelets and electrolytes and she still agreed that IF he has dead bowel she would assume it isn't a lot because dead tissue will suck up platelets and throw off your electrolytes and his for the most part have been fine. Nothing looks alarming to them on that point. This keeps me hopeful and I need that. Aiden needs to grow and he can't grow if he can't eat so we need his gut to be ok.
Fingers & toes crossed (as usual)
Well I went out and got my peanut some little socks now that he has somewhat free feet.. And a preemie snap on tshirt and bottoms.. They are still big for him and he can't wear the outfit just yet i don't think cause of his belly but soon he will if we can get all this stuff fixed.
He is off the BP meds still (I just got home from seeing him) and his last gas came back good. His heart rate and O2 is in the ball park we want it in so this is another good thing. They have him on 25 to 30% O2 on the vent and he's been doing good (21% is room air)
So we are back on the climb up.. Wooo Hoooo..
His belly however is now 22cm but the xray did show gas in there. The doctors don't seem too worried about it though. I even looked at the xray myself, as I try to when ever they put one up, and you can see the loops of his intestines again. When we talked to the doc yesterday she said if he has dead bowel in there and it has to be removed, as long as he has at least 50 cm of good bowel then he should be fine. i again asked the question I asked before about the platelets and electrolytes and she still agreed that IF he has dead bowel she would assume it isn't a lot because dead tissue will suck up platelets and throw off your electrolytes and his for the most part have been fine. Nothing looks alarming to them on that point. This keeps me hopeful and I need that. Aiden needs to grow and he can't grow if he can't eat so we need his gut to be ok.
Fingers & toes crossed (as usual)
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