Not a whole lot to update today. I'm thinking maybe that's a good thing :)
Ian remains on the conventional ventilator and they've reduced his settings some the past couple of days. His blood pressure continues to hold steady without medications for it. He does have a small grade 1 brain bleed between the hemispheres. They say it's very minor and should cause no problems. It's most likely related to the Nitric Oxide that was used last weekend. But, without the Nitric, he probably wouldn't be here and so the minor bleed was well worth keeping him here. He still has swelling but it is way way decreased from what it was. The nurse this morning said "he's 3 times smaller than he was a few days ago when i took care of him". I thought by the looks of him, he'd weigh less today but he still weighs 4lb 14oz. I wonder what he'll look like and weigh when allllll the swelling is gone. His incision is healing well and his ostomy is putting out small amounts (not much at all) but that's normal because he's not getting any feeds...just tpn/lipids. He was opening his eyes and smiling at his daddy last night.
Ian remains on the conventional ventilator and they've reduced his settings some the past couple of days. His blood pressure continues to hold steady without medications for it. He does have a small grade 1 brain bleed between the hemispheres. They say it's very minor and should cause no problems. It's most likely related to the Nitric Oxide that was used last weekend. But, without the Nitric, he probably wouldn't be here and so the minor bleed was well worth keeping him here. He still has swelling but it is way way decreased from what it was. The nurse this morning said "he's 3 times smaller than he was a few days ago when i took care of him". I thought by the looks of him, he'd weigh less today but he still weighs 4lb 14oz. I wonder what he'll look like and weigh when allllll the swelling is gone. His incision is healing well and his ostomy is putting out small amounts (not much at all) but that's normal because he's not getting any feeds...just tpn/lipids. He was opening his eyes and smiling at his daddy last night.
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Awww poor guy he does look better. Still some swelling - it will be interesting to see how he looks when its gone like you said. He'll feel better too. :)
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