Mother's Day

Day 51

Weight: 2 lbs 8 ounces

(lost some weight because he is working hard to breathe)

No ventilator...open mouth....more drool. :)

Push-ups in bed.

When I came in this evening, Samuel had a surprise for me..... The picture didn't turn out great, but he is holding a white rose.

Sheila is Samuel's weekend nighttime primary nurse. She gave me flowers (from Samuel.)

Skin-to-skin today. I love not having to deal with the ventilator!


Samuel's absolute FAVORITE thing is his pacifier. I think this picture is sweet because it looks like he is praying.

Samuel has been off the ventilator for three days now! His blood test shows that his CO2 levels are rising each day. We need those to level off or Samuel will have to be put back on the ventilator. We also need to pray that he can keep up the work once the steroids have ended - only a few more days left of them! I'm so thankful for the days we've had off of the ventilator! We will know more after his blood test in the morning (usually around 6am.)

It was a wonderful Mother's Day weekend. I got to see Michael graduate - so proud of him - and Samuel had a great weekend too. If my boys are happy, I'm happy. :)

Samuel is officially on full feeds!!!! He is making great diapers (wet ones and poopy ones) by himself! He is doing so great that they have stopped giving him TPN (nutritional supplement.) He is solely working off milk now.

The doctors will take him off the morphine completely tomorrow. They have been weening it since Thursday. I'll be happy when it's gone and Samuel can settle down. When the morphine stops, then the iv in his leg can be taken out. Yay!

Today was the first time I've heard Samuel cry. Before, the ventilator tube would not allow his vocal cords to touch (and he didn't make any sound.) Now, I can hear a faint squeak of a cry - he will be a bit hoarse for a while. Today he cried so hard and got so mad when he lost his pacifier that he sent his heart rate up to 204. His usual is 150.

The on-call doctor today was telling me how happy he is with Samuel's progress. Hearing that news was the best mother's day gift anyone could give. :)

Happy Mother's Day ladies....