Friday, January 27th
Will is doing great this morning. In fact, his ventilator settings are lower than I have seen in about a month. His breaths per minute rate is down to 22 from 32. His oxygen is down to 40 % from 80-90%. His tidal volume is down to 40 from 65. His sats are great! It's hard to believe that this is the same baby! I have a feeling the larger trach being put in yesterday made all the difference.
Since Will is doing good at the moment, they don't want to "rock the boat" and make any changes to his dopamine and versed doses.
He is still very sedated, but he wakes up from time to time. We want him to rest and keep him from getting agitated. The only time he seems to get upset is when he is being suctioned or if you touch his belly, which is really tender to him right now.
They are still keeping an eye on his stomach, which they think is fine for now.
I will let you know when we hear from Michigan, which will hopefully be soon!!
Since Will is doing good at the moment, they don't want to "rock the boat" and make any changes to his dopamine and versed doses.
He is still very sedated, but he wakes up from time to time. We want him to rest and keep him from getting agitated. The only time he seems to get upset is when he is being suctioned or if you touch his belly, which is really tender to him right now.
They are still keeping an eye on his stomach, which they think is fine for now.
I will let you know when we hear from Michigan, which will hopefully be soon!!
posted by Stephanie Burns @ 9:48 AM
3 Comments:
At 10:19 AM,
Anonymous said…
Everything sounds great. when he's all better you need to go to med. school, sounds like you have had lots of trainging already, love you honey.Nanu
At 11:58 AM,
Jay said…
I'm praying that God will be with the doctors and staff at UofM as they meet today, that he will guide them in making the best decisions for Will. It's so wonderful to hear some good news and see signs of hope and encouragement. Thanks again, Dr. Burns.
Uncle Jay
At 9:40 PM,
Anonymous said…
Hi Stephanie,
Keeping in touch with your updates...you certainly sound like a member of the staff at Vanderbilt.
I am hoping to hear good news next week.
You and Josh hang in there.........little Will is a fighter!!
All at HPC will be asking God's blessing on your family tomorrow and every day.
Sue
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