Day 10 (and 9 oops!); Tough day for Little Man

First off, Merry Christmas! Yesterday little man began antibiotics for his tracheal infection (throat). The doc said it would be a few days before the medicine actually flushes the gunk out of his system. Other than that, it was an average day in the life of baby Liam. Today, however, was a totally different story. Early in the morning, they upped his feeds again to 2 mL/hour, or 6 mL for every 3 hour feeding period. Around 4 PM, the RPN on duty made the call to extubate little man, or remove the ventilator, and place him on CPAP. CPAP is basically a little mask that flows O2 into his nasal cavity, providing him with saturated O2. While it was a bumpy afternoon, with Liam fluxuating from good to bad back to good, they made the call to reventilate him around 10:30 PM. While we were hoping for him to stay off for good, we are certain the doctors made the necessary adjustments to benefit the little guy in the long run. They assured us that for a preemie as young as him, its perfectly normal for them to struggle coming off the ventilator, due to their reliance on the machine to do the work for them. He is doing very well again, very stable and stubborn, but resting. Like always. Keep him in your prayers and thoughts, again we appreciate it! God bless, Merry Christmas, and we love you all!

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