After a nice Thanksgiving lunch at Doa's house, Miranda and I headed to the NICU to spend some time with Brayden. Since Miranda got to hold him yesterday, it was my turn today. When we got there, the nurse had him all bundled up so all you could see was a head. She told us that he was doing great but was quite feisty when she tried to change his diaper. They all keep telling us that! (I think we are going to have our hands full with this one).
When I got to hold him it was scary. He is so tiny, the pictures do not do him justice, and it feels like if you squeeze to hard he will break. But the feeling of holding your child for the first time is something that just can't be beat. For those who have kids you know what I mean. In the case of holding both Payton and Brayden, imagine picking up a little cornish game hen and trying to hold it close to you.
My time holding him was cut short because he managed to get the CPAP machine off his nose and he started to de saturate, which means his blood oxygen level began to drop to a dangerous level. For the most part they want his O2 levels to be between 85% and 95%, most of us stay above 97%. While trying to get him back on the bed and hooked back up his O2 levels dropped to the 60's which with prolonged oxygen deprivation can lead to brain damage and other complications. Here is a video of how feisty he is. I took this while the nurse was trying to get his CPAP machine back on his nose. Look how mad he is.
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