Grandma Hedges & Uncle George

Well Alistair is proving to be a little trooper! He is now completely weaned of the Morphine and the midazolam is down to 35 mcg/kg. They have also reduced the dosages of his two diuretics: lasix and ethacrynic acid. Early this am they weighed him at 2700 gr so still a tad above his birth weight of 2670 gr. So they still figure he needs to get a bit more fluid off. One can sure see the difference in his face from day to day just with the shift in fluids. As of yesterday he started taking some breaths on his own which is super to see. He's on 24% O2 today with 15 supported breaths a min, and his lung compliance is around 15%! All this means is he's on the right track! They were thinking of extubating him tonight but his CO2 came back a little high so they want to hold off another day or two. But again its all being controlled so another not so big a deal aspect. He's still not being tube fed as green bile has been coming up and the doc said its just like his little gastro system is too full. All the meds he was and is on have slowed his gut down so it takes a bit before its operating properly. However, its coming back clearer and clearer each day so they are thinking tomorrow or the next they'll try to tube feed him again. I definitely have enough milk banked up when he's up for it as I've already past my max in the storage freezers at the hospital! He continues to pee and poop up a storm though so that is reassuring to see. As for opening his eyes Alistair still refuses. He continues to threaten to do so with the raise of an eye brow or a severe grimace here and there but not as of yet. So perhaps tomorrow!

Uncle George flew in today for the weekend to meet his little nephew. Again another great moment. It's so special to see Grandma Hedges and Uncle George in the same room with our little guy. It just makes things seem so much more on the right track for getting home. After visiting with our little guy we headed to Queen Elizabeth Park and walked about the quarry gardens. Then we decided to treat ourselves to the "Seasons in the Park" restaurant. We sat out on the patio and had the best seat in the house with a framed view of Vancouver city. I'll tell you what. If you want a high class meal which will make you drool with every bite you must come to this restaurant. Albeit, it was a pricy meal but O MY GAUD GOOD STUFF! Actually not just good ......phenomenol! After we had stuffed our faces with this incredible food we headed back to say good night to Alistair. He definitely is looking content apart from the odd choking episode on his tube. We just keep crossing our fingers that each day progresses like the last.

Well people...I get a lot of thank yous for updating and taking the time to make posts on this blog. But I have to say its really a therapeutic thing for me. Instead of having a councellor I blog and get my thoughts out so THANKS TO YOU!

Hope all is well on your end!
Cheers Julie