extubation part deux
So, today is Nolan’s 3 month birthday and he is three times his birth weight at 1536 grams, (we’re saying 3 times because he did drop down to 475 grams at one point before he started coming up!) but the point is today is Nolan’s three month birthday and he is currently swaddled in a carolina blue dinner jacket and blankets, sleeping soundly, and quietly growing and gaining ground on his lung disease. So much ground that the docs are attempting another planned extubation today and another try at cpap, a step forward in oxygen/respiration support for the little bean. So more thorough update: he is on 28 calorie fortified mother’s milk, at 9.5 cc/hour, he is maintaining his own body temperature (his bed warmer has been off for a couple of days), he is off morphine with little to no indications of withdrawal, his eye situation is resolving in one eye and maintaining in the other, and his o2 needs and pressures have been very low for a few days now. A whole lot of gifts for his first three month anniversary on this plane of existence. thank yall so much for your support and think of us as auntie amy and papaw and mamaw peterson visit the butterbean and his hopeful parents.
Thursday, December 14, 2006 at 4:00 pm
Happy Birthday, Nolan, the stylin’, warm, and clean Bean.
Friday, December 15, 2006 at 12:44 am
way to go Nolan, you continue to awe and inspire us.
Friday, December 15, 2006 at 8:11 am
Yeah!!! Good news to hear. Happy, happy Birthday Boy.
Love from AL
renee
Friday, December 15, 2006 at 10:39 am
Wow! Being able to maintain one’s body temperature is quite an advanced trick, no? I’m also impressed that all y’all have hung in there non-stop for so long. Hasn’t he made it to his regular due date or just about? We love you.
peter y paco
Friday, January 19, 2007 at 9:52 am
HEY GUYS, NOLAN LOOKS WONDERFUL!!!!!!!!!! HE & YOU BOTH CONTINUE TO BE IN MY THOUGHTS & PRAYERS. YOU ARE ALSO ON MANY PRAYER LISTS. LUV,FLEMING
Friday, January 19, 2007 at 2:56 pm
what fantastic news! thanks so much for keeping us all updated. that magic milk is working….keep growing nolan…..