Baby Eagan - NICU Day 86 - Happy, Happy Day

You can see his face now! Extubation is great!

Eagan with his Extubation Elephant

Ventilator before extubation.

Standby! It is finally gone!

The ventilator machine before it left his room.

Now just a tiny pole for oxygen.

His pacifier fits in his mouth now! The little piece of tape keeps the tube in place because his nose is so little.

Very first time wearing clothes!

Dinosaur blanket for brother.

  I am so excited to write this post. I thought this day would never get here. The ventilator is gone!! His X-ray looked so good the doctor decided he didn't even need CPAP, so he is on a high flow nasal cannula. I gave him a washcloth bath and even got to scrub his back! I dressed him and held him. He is so easy to hold now and I can kiss his little forehead. When he was extubated, he held his oxygen saturation at 100% the whole time. He didn't act like anything changed. He is actually breathing on his own now! There are so many more snuggles coming tomorrow!

Weight
4 lb 0.9 oz

Breathing
Eagan is on a high-flow nasal cannula at 4 liters per minute on 21% oxygen (the same as what we breathe normally).

Vein and Artery Access 
Eagan has a femoral line in his upper thigh.

Medications

Fortaz, an antibiotic, was also finished today.

An antibiotic, Oxicillin has been discontinued.

He is now only on Morphine every 6 hours as needed. He had once dose of Morphine was Wednesday morning.

Caffeine has been started as a diuretic to try to speed up his kidney function.

He is also on Diflucan as a preventative measure.

He is also on Zantac to help calm his tummy's acid levels.

Lasix, a diuretic, will be given every 12 hours.

He is back on Synthroid for low thyroid.

Nutrition

  Eagan is getting 7 cc's of breast milk continuously every hour. The output into his ostomy bag is being put through a tube into the other side of his intestines, called re-feeding. He was getting 2 ml per hour of re-feeds. Now, everything he puts out into his ostomy is re-fed into the mucous fistula.  He is getting TPN and lipids.

Transfusions 

June 23 - Transfusion #29
 

Upcoming Tests

Eye exam  Monday.