We got in his morning about 8:30 and they said he actually had a pretty good night. The nurse gave him some morphine this morning because she thought he looked uncomfortable. I tried to touch him and he stopped breathing and set off the alarms...he pretty much did that all day, he REALLY wanted to be left alone. (the ventilator still breaths for him when he does that)
At rounds the Dr said she was very happy with how everything went yesterday. She was surprised by the need for 2 clips, but she said the hole was pretty big. She said it also could have been due to the fact that he is "old" and "big" haha, normally it is done on smaller preemies because babies his age would have either had the hole close on their own or been given medication earlier to close it but he was too sick in the beginning to get the meds and it can not be given after 14 days...which is how he ended up in surgery.
The Dr said she hopes to have him off the ventilator with in the next 48hrs and on to C-PAP
When infants are disconnected from a mechanical ventilator, they often require a form of assisted breathing called nasal continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP). A nasal CPAP device consists of a large tube with tiny prongs that fit into the baby's nose, which is hooked to a machine that provides oxygenated air into the air passages and lungs. The pressure from the CPAP machine helps keep a preemie's lungs open so he or she can breathe. However, the machine does not provide breaths for the baby, so the baby breathes on his or her own.http://www.thechildrenshospital.org/wellness/info/parents/20823.aspx
She said this is optimistic but she really would like him on it by the weekend...fingers crossed :)
2 comments:
Fingers crossed with you! I hope he is off the vent and on CPAP soon!
My fingers are crossed too!
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