Mason continued to recover from his procedure over the weekend. His vent pressure dropped to 21 which is the level he needs to be at when he is extubated (taken off the vent). Now the docs will work to wean his rate. Since he is breathing quite a bit on his own, they should be able to wean him slowly. His oxygen support was bumped up to 25% because he was having some difficulties maintaining saturation levels in the 90's. When we left the hospital tonight he was saturating in the high 90's which means that number may go back down to 21 in a couple of days.
The docs also decided to start feeds again (through his NG tube that goes from his nose into his stomach). Saturday, he started at a continuous 1cc an hour again to prime his system. He vomited a couple of times and the feedings were temporarily halted. They started back up today and he seemed to be tolerating it a little better. He did vomit a couple of times early in the day when he was moved or when his mouth was suctioned out. The feedings were continuing when we left for the evening.
We were able to hold Mason again this evening and he tolerated it really well. We both got to hold him without the fuzzy pad underneath. It was so nice to hold just him without all of the extra padding.
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