Yesterday we went and spent a few hours sitting with Brayden and holding his little hands. He is doing great. His blood gases have been coming back so good that they have weened him down on the JET to its lowest settings. He is still on the JET and will probably remain on it for several more days but sitting there watching him, you can see him breathing on his own over the machine.
His xrays have been coming back better and better so they put the chest tube on his left side on what they call water seal. Which means it is still in his chest but it is not actively sucking out air. This is the stage they put the chest tubes when they are getting ready to pull it out. Last night when the nurse was telling us about the xray she said that the pnuemo on the left was still there and getting better but she said that if he did not have a chest tube in right now, they would not put one in for a pneumo of this size. That really made Miranda feel at ease.
If his morning xray comes back good then they will probably pull his chest tube out today. He is such a strong little man. They have also upped his feedings to almost 1/4 of an oz every three hours. They weighed him two days ago and he was 2.9 lbs but when they weighed him yesterday he was 2.7lbs. The 2.7 is probably more realistic, all the tubes and IV add some extra weight. Here are some pics I took of us visiting last night. Enjoy.
Look at him staring up at mommy.
Look at those cute little fingers.
Thank you for the updates. Yall are in my thoughts and prayers. Love yall.
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