These days have been blending together...I'm finding it hard to remember what day of the week it is! Counting down these last few days I can spend the majority of the day at the hospital until returning to work.
Evan was moved into the 4th pod due to some nurse scheduling issues. It's a good thing, since he's only with 2 other babies (a twin boy and girl) and that makes it very quiet. The view is even better in that pod since there are windows facing north and west. :-)
I've spent the majority of the time at the hospital just holding the little guy. He is pretty comfy to cuddle with since he sleeps so much. He has been so much more alert during his feedings. They are still playing with the O2 flow into his nasal cannula. When I arrived today, Marianne was happy to report he had been moved down to .20 on the oxygen flow. His O2 saturation was still really high (in the upper 90's), which is way too good. So, Marianne bumped him down to .10, and when she did, the oxygen flow suddenly increased which was really odd. We noticed his O2 saturations levels were still in the upper 90's and that just didn't seem right (he should have dropped a bit). She had one of the respiratory therapists check the low flow meter on the oxygen. The RT ended up switching out the meter for a different one, and with that new low flow meter, he was back up to .50. So, we think that other meter was not working properly. If he truly was down to .10 on the oxygen flow, it would have shown that he was making huge strides in his saturation levels which would be one step closer to coming home. But, were at the point he can't be rushed, it's up to his lungs to keep maturing and doing a better job of absorbing oxygen. He has no problem in breathing on his own, his rates are great, it's just the O2 saturation that is still weak.
This clip shows how active Evan is getting. I couldn't get him to look for long towards the camera. He's squirmy and you'll see him try to get at his cannula. The beeping you hear is the O2 saturation alarm, he started to drop while I was recording, but he came right back up to normal levels (like he always does).
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UMC Charges (8/22): $2,800.00
UMC Charges (8/23): $2,800.00
Running Total: $308,521.44
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1 comment:
Jen and T,
Evan looks so cute and in real clothes now.
Love,
S
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