Saturday, 2/26

Things continued to improve for our little man today. He is still fighting this infection but in general he is improving. The hardest thing to see is he is very, very, very bloated. This is a result of all of the fluids he has received, the infection, etc. The doctor said he isn't worried about it but it's so concerning for me because it's the main thing I can "see" as opposed to everything else that's going on internally. In general his respiratory numbers are really looking better and getting closer to where they were before all of this happened. His oxygen is now at about 30% and he is doing well there. (He was at 21% before). His ventilator pressure (how much it blows up his lungs) is at 26 (it was at 20 before, 30 yesterday). His rate is also coming down. They are planning to try and feed him later tonight which is very exciting. They will start slowly but hopefully he'll soon be back to "eating" like he was.

On a funny note, in the children's hospital there's a giraffe that tells you to "stand under his neck and he'll tell you how tall you are". I did just that and he informed me I am "2 inches tall". I know I'm short but come on! That gave us both a much needed laugh.