Saturday, January 7, 2012

Ben is doing better and better every day! His Bp is still just a touch high. But that will probably resolve as he gets rid of more fluid. His hr is staying in a good range. Still 110-130. His eyes were so puffy when I walked in this morning, but even they had become a little less swollen by dinner time. His belly is so tight from all the fluid, but he's peeing a lot, so that should go down soon. They decreased his vent setting down to 26 bpm and took him off the nitric oxide. They also took him off of epinephrine and decreased the dopamine some more. They started breast milk feeds at 3 ml an hour. Very slow, so his belly gets used to it. He's in isolation until Thursday. Then after that the girls can see him again. Hopefully by then the vent will be gone too. He's tolerating all of the changes so well! If he continues this rate of progress he might get to go to the 5th floor in about 2 weeks. Then a week there. And then over to Kohl's House!

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