Josiah had an amazing day! I held him twice and he was sitting in his vibrating chair for hours. He came off his rate on his ventilator and came down to a peep of 6 late this afternoon and will go to a peep of 5 in the morning. The plan is to try to extubate him tomorrow after he has an ultrasound. He will be NPO after having a feed around 5:30 and he has started his steroids to help his throat after the tube comes out.
The think he may have thrush in his mouth so he'll be on new medicine to help with that for at least five days.
I had a great visit with a friend tonight. Friends are such a blessing.
I asked this morning if Josiah could get a neurology consult for his fevers as the assumption is that the thermoregulation in his brain is off. Apparently they wouldn't do anything about the fevers apart from managing them with ice and Tylenol so we won't have a consult now. We'll see if the fevers are still present after extubation and after he gets his lines out, etc.
I was gifted with a stethoscope from my friend and I used that today to hear the "pop" sound in his stomach before I checked for aspirates.
Thanks to McDonalds for a great meal tonight. Thank you for your prayers! Please pray that the doctors will know clearly tomorrow whether or not it is the right time to extubate Josiah.
Blessings,
Elizabeth
Dear Elizabeth and Graham,
ReplyDeleteIn Jesus' name may you have a blessed weekend as a family, as Josiah continues to progress and the doctors, all staff and you are guided by the Holy Spirit.
Bless the Lord, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless His holy name.
Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all His benefits:
who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases;
Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies;
Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things; so that thy youth is renewed like the eagle's.
Psalm 103 verses 1 - 5.
love, joy, praise and prayers from your auntie Julia.