Dear Samuel,
Hard to believe, it's been one month.......
Hard to believe, it's been one month.......
This has been one of the longest month of our lives, bud. It's also been one of the shortest. I can't believe that you have been here for a whole month. It feels like yesterday that we were heading to the hospital, meeting you for the first time, holding you for the first time......
I can't wait until the day when I get to look back at this blog and say, "It feels like yesterday that (insert favorite memory here)".
Today has been a little up and down. When Mom was down to see you this morning, you were having a great morning. Your O2 levels were all the way down to 34% with no chin strap and your O2 saturation was at 99%! The picture from up there is actually how she found you this morning and the nurse didn't take your strap off......
She also gave you another bath again today, so hopefully you won't smell like a foot anymore (You don't really smell like a foot).
It was a different story when I came down to see you tonight after work. Your nurse told me that you had two big ABD's during the afternoon that required the use of a "Neo Mask" (Just a mask that goes over your nose and mouth to give you Oxygen). When I got there your O2 levels were set to 54% Your belly looks to be a bit "distended" as there is a lot of air in your stomach from the CPAP machine. The only way to reduce this is to "vent" your stomach using your feeding tube.
Tonight, you have had two more spells of ABDs that required stimulation (rubbing your back/tickling your toes) to help you to remember to breath but not the "Neo Mask". Your O2 levels are still around 50%.
You are SO close to having your 2 pound party. Weigh-in tonight was at 1 pound 15.8 ounces. About as close to being 2 pounds as you can be.
Hoping the overnight goes a little better than your afternoon.
Happy 1st month buddy. Here's to many more!
Love,
Mom and Dad
