My brain is getting a little fuzzy from the lack of sleep, so I apologize if today's posts are rambling non sequiturs. The random updates...
-Matthew has been off the oxygen for 12 hours now but his pulse oxygen levels drop and the alarm has gone off every 15 minutes throughout the night.
-His heart rate is still very low (50s) and a bit irregular. Our cardiologist would like his heart rate to be a steady 80s/90s. Hopefully its just that his heart is still figuring out its new pathway.
-His blood pressure is still high (110/80 instead of 80/50). They are hoping it will go down on its own w/o meds. We'll wait and see.
-Matthew still doesn't seem to feel well. He moans/cries the majority of the time he's awake and he's yet to crack even the smallest smile.
-He is back on breastmilk, though still taking small amounts more frequently.
-They stopped his fluid IV because he's taking adequate volumes of milk, but it caused the IV to fall out. He's unfortunately on IV meds so they had to reinsert. I wasn't thinking straight in the middle of the night or I would have fought the reinsertion.
-Now that I have had 4.5 hours of sleep, I let the day nurse know that they need to keep that IV line open or they need to move to oral meds as they will not be inserting a new IV if this one falls out.
-I was not a fan of the night nurse, so was very excited for the day shift to come on at 7am. Even if it means the return of Dr Mumbles.
-I'm hopeful that today we'll move to the cardiac floor.
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