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Spencer - Day 4: Olympic Sleep



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Well, today has been off to a promising start. Spencer has had his longest sleep ever. Almost 4 hours! Wow! I'm one "rested" mama. LOL. He fed alright without needing a suction this time too. He does have Crackle sounds on both sides of his lungs today. Hoping that maybe starts to clear up soon. 

I'm glad he slept. I was worried he wouldn't since he was so restless and awake/uncomfortable yesterday. 

I will try updating this post every few feeds, or whenever there is news. 

Until next time...

----- UPDATE -----

0515

He slept well but not quite so long the rest of the night. The nurse turned down his oxygen a bit so we shall see how that goes. Still very congested but we went overnight without a major suction - only the bulb suction when he spit up. That is a major improvement !!! Very exciting. If we can keep his oxygen lower that will be two big improvements today. Fingers crossed

Until next time...

----- UPDATE -----

Well today they finally removed his heart rate and respiration monitors so there are a lot fewer wires dangling from Spencer. They also tried a room air test (seeing his oxygen levels breathing on his own) and it wasn't where he would need to be to come home so we are still here for a while longer and he is still on oxygen. Otherwise he is still eating and sleeping so that so good news. Not much else to report right now.

Until next time...

----- UPDATE -----
1830

     Still on 1/8 lpm oxygen but he is in a pretty good mood and may be smiling at me. Or may need a burp... The nurse may try another room air test while he's asleep tonight. I will let you know if and when they try again. 

Until next time...

Comments

  1. Natalie2/13/14, 10:14 AM

    Dena - What amount of oxygen do they have him on? That would be helpful to know as a benchmark so we can gauge how he's progressing. Praying for and love you both!
    N

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  2. Dena Christensen2/13/14, 3:16 PM

    When I left this morning he was on 1/4 lpm. They did the test while Scott was here. I just looked and it's on 1/8 lpm which is about the lowest it can be on this gauge. So that's pretty good news I think. :)

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  3. Brenda2/13/14, 6:58 PM

    Continuing to pray, sending hugs.

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  4. Natalie2/14/14, 10:58 AM

    Yes! 1/8 is as low as they'll go, then it's room air. This is good news!

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