We’re not trying to be too biased, but we’re pretty sure we have a very cute little boy here. There are several nurses who now come and check on Greyson, even when they are not his nurse for the day. I think he likes the attention and seems to get a little jealous when the nurses attention is focused on another baby. He keeps them checking on him regularly by setting off his alarms on a regular basis just to make sure someone is paying attention to him.
He continues to go up and down on his temperature now. One minute he’s really hot so we unwrap the blanket and then he gets to cold. They assure us that this just means he is getting close to being ready to be out of the isolette. He is trying to regulate his temperature, but the isolette is also trying to do it and they can wind up working against each other.
His midnight blood gas was really good (better than the noon one yesterday) but today’s noon gas was higher. Overal he still seems to be handling the weening OK. He is now at a PIP of 22 (PIP is how much pressure they blow into his lungs). The nurse told me that when he gets to 20 they will probably try to ween the rate again. Since he didn’t do so good when they tried to ween the rate last time, they are weening him further on the PIP before trying the other. We’ll see how he does over the next couple of days.
His feed was raised again to 9 ml an hour. He seems to be doing OK on it. It is interesting to see it go up and down as the different Dr’s come on. Thankfully we have been able to keep it at a lower rate which definitely seems to have helped him get over his puffyness. He now looks really good and is probably close to being ready to gain weight again. We went in early today so we won’t hear his weight until after 4:30pm, maybe I’ll post a quick update after we call and get it. Overall he was very alert during his care times and we really enjoyed hanging out with him (as we always do!).