6-25-08

Yesterday his doctor was not there, I am not sure what happened but for some reason he was not able to come in and the other doctor that I had spoken with was there. He did talk to Blake's doctor on the phone however and they decided not to put any extra additives and just go up on the feeds. They only increased it to 11 cc's every hour but they are going to keep raising it as long as he does well. He also said that Blake has been doing great on the level 7 pressure and if Dr. M has not taken him off his cpap by Friday, when he gets back he will consider taking Blake off and putting him on the high flow nasal canular (of course as long as he has done great). He said he likes being the one to take preemies to that next step so he is looking forward to it as much as I am. All the doctors are impressed with the corner he has turned on his breathing, now we just have to get his growth to catch up. He had four A&B's yesterday and five today. I know that sounds like a lot but it really isn't for him. He had 10 on Monday when he was having the problems. I kangaroo held him last night for an hour and started getting dizzy at the end. I called one of the nurses over and before I even said anything she asked if I was ok. She said I was pale white. I told her I was dizzy and felt funny so she helped me put Blake up. Once I started feeling a little better I went home and went to bed. Guess my bp was just a little out of wack or something. His doc was back today but only got to look at Blake a little late this evening because he had two babies he had to perform major surgery on earlier in the day. From what he saw he was happy with Blake's day. At his afternoon suctioning, Blake did excellent. Pete the RT took him off his cpap so he could suction all the nasty stuff out and Blake stayed in the 90's on his O2 level the entire time. He really liked not having those tubes down his nose and throat. He was great each time I held him except for this evening. I held him about 45 minutes tonight and towards the end when one of the nurses and I were talking about him getting off the cpap and how great he was doing he decided to make liars out of us. lol He started d-satting while I was holding him. He never bradied, just his oxygen went down low. No matter what I did to him or how I positioned him he didn't want to come back up so we put him back in his bed and got him tucked in and he leveled off. He did better, guess he just wanted his bed back. I am going back to La Porte for the first time in two months...Wow Blake will be 2 months old tomorrow...well today since it is now 12 am in the morning and I am just typing this. So Happy Birthday Blakey. 2 months, he has come so far. I can't believe how fast time has flown, of course I spent almost half that stupid time in the hospital haha. Anyway, I am going back to La Porte for my baby shower this weekend and I am so nervous and excited. I get to see all my friends and family but I am leaving Friday and won't be back till Sunday. That is the longest I have been away from him. I know he will be in good hands, but if he gets off his cpap Friday I won't get to see him till Sunday. That is ok, all the more to look forward to. I have so much to do when I get home to get my house ready and everything done...or at least a list for Robert to do. Haha. My mom is also flying in for the shower and will drive back up with me Sunday and fly out early Monday from Austin so she can see Blake. Well I guess that is about it. I am going to go to bed now.