The ventilation he’s on is the high-frequency version (since his lung bleed, as this is more gentle on the lungs). Today they tried to change it back to conventional ventilation. He didn’t do well, only lasted about 10 min before they put it back on.
He sucks really well – especially a dummy and his own thumb and fingers. He’s still on chloral (sedative) reasonably frequently, to keep him calm as every time he wriggles he ‘de-sats’ and can’t process the oxygen properly.
His sodium output is still high, but his stoma output is good. His Haemoglobin is low – so will probably need another blood transfusion soon. I have a cold, so the blood will need to be blood bank stock again. My expressing isn’t brilliant – whole day total was only 59ml.
We went into the unit at about 10.30pm to take Max his stocking, to take the unit staff a big box of lollies, and to read Max The Night Before Christmas. The staff have decorated the unit, and not there’s Christmas stickers all over his incubator! It was a lovely night.
He sucks really well – especially a dummy and his own thumb and fingers. He’s still on chloral (sedative) reasonably frequently, to keep him calm as every time he wriggles he ‘de-sats’ and can’t process the oxygen properly.
His sodium output is still high, but his stoma output is good. His Haemoglobin is low – so will probably need another blood transfusion soon. I have a cold, so the blood will need to be blood bank stock again. My expressing isn’t brilliant – whole day total was only 59ml.
We went into the unit at about 10.30pm to take Max his stocking, to take the unit staff a big box of lollies, and to read Max The Night Before Christmas. The staff have decorated the unit, and not there’s Christmas stickers all over his incubator! It was a lovely night.
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