I'm happy to give an update on my foster baby's condition. It has been a really rough week for him. On Thursday they ended up putting him on a respirator and inserted a central line. He has to be sedated around the clock because this is really scary for him. He now has a feeding tube inserted and is receiving high calorie formula as well as his IV. He looks pretty terrible. I'm posting a pic, but it's not easy to look at. Even with all the tubes and moniters, you can see how nice his color is. So mush better than 3 days ago. Thank God for that. We have been reassured that he is doing as well as we can expect and is stable.
At one point yesterday his breathing machine malfunctioned and he turned gray and blue and it was very alarming. But they got it working quickly and he pinked up right away.
He was awake for awhile when I got there today and he just stared at me. I wonder what he thinks of our world.
Well that's all I have to report.
Thanks to everyone who contacted me to find out how he's doing. I appreciate your concern.
6 comments:
oh man. i cannot even imagine. i have been praying for your little guy. and will continue to pray for him. and for you.
i imagine he is not very impressed so far
Thanks for visiting and I'm so sorry to read of your troubles. I hated pediatric nursing when I was a nursing student because seeing sick babies and children, broke my heart. My baby girl ended up in NICU for a couple of days after she was born and they were the longest days of my life.
I hope he's well soon and I admire you greatly for fostering not only babies, but his mother as well.
thanks for the update jo. i've been thinking about you a lot.
will keep praying!
I'm praying for your little one and very glad to see he's improving.
Thanks for the update.
Hope he's doing better now!
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