Yesterday was a really good day for Brayden, his x-rays and blood gases came back so good that they were able to pull the chest tube out of his left side. They upped his feeds to over 11mls every three hours to try and get him growing.
Before we went to the NICU Miranda had to go to a her doctor for a check up. Not knowing it was going to take 3 hours she told me to go ahead and go see Brayden, so I left her and Payton siting there. I hated leaving them there but I was bale to spend a good couple of hours holding Brayden's hand and caressing his little head. While I was in there I spoke with the doctor on call and she told me that because he has been doing so good, they were going to take him from the JET to the conventional Ventilator. This raised some fears in our minds because this was how Payton's lungs collapsed. After talking it over with the Doctor, they convinced us that this was the next step down to completely being off the ventilator and going back on the CPAP machine. They do this step down because they need to see if the baby is going to be able to breathe on its own and if not how much support does it need. If the baby is not able to breathe on it's own and they went straight from the JET to CPAP then it would be more traumatic to reintibate the baby.
When we called back last night the nurse said he was doing great and that they had taken a couple of x-rays to make sure there was no more air collecting in his chest. This is a great step forward in his getting better. They said that if he did good on the vent over night, that they would put him on CPAP and start to remove the arterial lines in his tummy. Once they pull these lines out we will be able to hold him.
Before we went to the NICU Miranda had to go to a her doctor for a check up. Not knowing it was going to take 3 hours she told me to go ahead and go see Brayden, so I left her and Payton siting there. I hated leaving them there but I was bale to spend a good couple of hours holding Brayden's hand and caressing his little head. While I was in there I spoke with the doctor on call and she told me that because he has been doing so good, they were going to take him from the JET to the conventional Ventilator. This raised some fears in our minds because this was how Payton's lungs collapsed. After talking it over with the Doctor, they convinced us that this was the next step down to completely being off the ventilator and going back on the CPAP machine. They do this step down because they need to see if the baby is going to be able to breathe on its own and if not how much support does it need. If the baby is not able to breathe on it's own and they went straight from the JET to CPAP then it would be more traumatic to reintibate the baby.
When we called back last night the nurse said he was doing great and that they had taken a couple of x-rays to make sure there was no more air collecting in his chest. This is a great step forward in his getting better. They said that if he did good on the vent over night, that they would put him on CPAP and start to remove the arterial lines in his tummy. Once they pull these lines out we will be able to hold him.
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