March 2, 2013:
I think I just might fall asleep w/ RJ in his isolette. The lights are low and my body says lets sleep. :) I held him for a lil over an hr this morning. He was restless to start and finally calmed down. Then he got a bunch of mucous build up and was dropping his sats near the end of our holding time, so we snuggled for almost 1.5 hrs. Like always it was wonderful to hold him. The team rounded and changed a ventilator setting and said it was ok to give RJ a back every other night if he tolerated it. Last night I gave RJ a bath while daddy took lots of pics. RJ's oxygen level went up and they were able to wean him off his oxygen. I did get to hold him for about 1.5 hr's last night as well after his bath. I would have held him longer, but we were getting sleepy and Robert had his first ER shift today.
RJ is getting his second dose of blood and then hopefully they can remove the IV in his head. Right now he's sleeping peacefully. The team is hoping that if his O2 requirement gets better and he can tolerate the pressures on his ventilator being weaned, that maybe this wk he can be extubated. We need to pray hard and keep our fingers crossed. The nurse told me this morning that yesterday RJ would flip his head in such a way as to tangle the breathing tube. The nurses would have to come and unkink the tube. Our lil man is a fighter!! :)
Happy Sabbath!!
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