Jefferson is 1 week old today!!
What a difference a day, and lots of prayers can do! Jefferson has done a complete 180 since yesterday. Feedings through the night were basically all done via a bottle. He had one feeding through his tube at 9pm and then he was awake enough to eat for all the rest of his feedings! This is a HUGE step! I nursed him when I got there at 6am and he are like a champ! He was so much more awake and alert than I had ever seen him. Let's just hope he keeps it up.
The cardiologist (a different one than we saw the first day) came and saw Jefferson to check him since they turned down his oxygen. They had done another X-ray this morning to check the fluid in his lungs. He looked over the pictures and the fluid was GONE!! Come to find out, Jefferson being on the 1liter of oxygen was making him have pulmonary hypertension, so it was making his heart work even harder than it already was, making him really tired. And it was causing the fluid in his lungs too. So just turning down his oxygen to a 1/2 liter made a dramatic change for him. Thank goodness a different cardiologist came and saw Jefferson, or we may still be in the same situation and Jefferson would not be getting any better.
If he keeps doing better, the feeding tube could be pulled tomorrow, and he could possibly go home on Thursday !! They also changed him back to ad lib feeding, where they just feed him on his schedule instead of waking him up to feed him every 3 hours. Just another step forward, thank goodness!
Thank all of you for your love, support, and your prayers. They definitely have been felt, and prayers are being answered. Thank you thank you!!
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