Friday, March 31, 2006

Morning update

The main thing we are watching right now is how much oxygen he needs. During the night he went up to about 33%, but as of this morning at about 10 am, he was at 26%. As a reminder, room air is about 21%. So that is quite an improvement.
He looks a little jaundiced, so they are going to do a billyrubin (sp?) count on him.
Doctor Berghdahl (pediatrician) came by this morning and was optimistic in his prognosis. He said that they often see babies like this go home in 7 days. He's on call today and Sunday, so he'll get to superintend over Caleb's recovery this weekend.
Kathy, the nursery nurse during the day, said she was hopeful that we might able to hold him by the end her shift this evening. We're hopeful that holding him and comforting him will be helpful in slowing down his breathing rate.
Debra will get discharged today and it will be hard for her to leave without her baby, but we are comforted knowing that he is in such good hands here and that we are only 5 minutes away.
Thank you for all of your prayers!

1 comment:

Carrie said...

Hi! I've only met you briefly at the Alumni Assoc. but we'll be praying for you! We'll also put you on the school prayer list. You've got a cutie there!