Friday, July 18, 2008

Hunter seems to be doing better from his recent heart surgery.

Last Friday, his heart rate and oxygen levels were dropping. This Friday, he is wide eyed and bushy tailed. They say that the eyes are the windows to the soul. I look him in the eyes and see his will to live shining through. He is amazing.

He took a bottle for me. He had a brady (heart rate drop) and a couple destats (oxygen level drop), but overall he did really good. He brought both of them back on his own without intervention. This is huge. He required the nurses to intercede before. He was wore out after 30 cc's. I pulled the bottle back and we put the 15 cc's through his tube. I am so proud of him.

He is still at 2 liters of air flow in his nasal cannula. He is also sitting at 38 % oxygen. In order to come home, they will need to wean his oxygen level to 1/4 liter. His lungs still have work. 109 days and counting..