Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Bad Night, Great Morning
Brodie did not have a good night last night. He went down quite a bite on his oxygen saturation and they had to increase his oxygen to 100%. Even when they did that his oxygen saturation was still not where it needs to be. The great news is that he has done amazing this morning. They have been able to wean his oxygen all the way down to 54% and his oxygen saturation is 100%. This means that soon they will probably wean his oxygen again and maybe we can get his oxygen below the magic 50%. If he can stay below the 50% mark for a little while they will start to go down on the oscillator pressures. We are so proud of him and how he has done this morning. I just pray that when they come do the echo that he does not have any issues. He is not tolerating his feeds and they are looking at a few different options to bypass his stomach to get him milk. We know that he is going to have these side issues but as long as we can get his breathing and oxygen under control these other issues will hopefully fall right into place. I am so glad that he doing better because the last few days have been difficult. We are exhausted and nothing seems to help. If we did not have help from the grandparents it would be impossible. Thanks to all of the grandparents for your help. Also, thanks to everyone else for your support and prayers. It gives us that little extra push that we need to make through each day.
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Good job Brodie...you keep fighting! Still praying for ya daily. I will also continue to pray for comfort and strength for mommy and daddy. You guys hang in there...Brodie is so blessed to have such amazing parents!
Still praying for Brodie and checking this blog every day!! I'm glad to hear good news! Be strong, Brodie!!!!
I'm glad Brodie had a great morning! I'm hoping that one of these days he'll stay where he needs to be consistently. I know the roller coaster on you all is very tough. Thinking of you all. Tell LaVona hello for me.
Praying each and every day for Brodie and especially for you and LaVona. So glad to hear that she got her hair done and ya'll had a family outting (what a great game to go to!). I'm sure it is hard to leave Brodie and carry on "normalcy" but is important to keep yourselves healthy as well. Never feel guilty! What has caught my eye in the past couple of posts is the day/night changes in his status. Just as babies have day/night confusion at home with awake times, they seem to have that in the hospital as well. Whether it be with awakeness, feeding tolerance, O2 sats, etc. so don't be discouraged by that. Keep doing what you're doing and let God do the rest. Peace and love.
continuing to ask people to pray for Brodie--we prayed for him at the pregnancy assistance center north last night--still petitioning G-d for His mercy and grace--asking Him for strength for you and LaVona--Bradie's pic made me smile--thanks for sharing--appreciate your faith walk, Todd--praying for a better day and night
through Jesus--Isaiah 59:1 Surely the arm of the lORD is not too short to save, nor His ear too dull to hear. xxoo Fran
Not a day goes by that I am not thinking about you all and checking the blog. Brodie you have lots and lots of people out there praying for you buddy. Keep up the great progress Brodie.
Prayers and hugs to you all~
Jamie
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