Gabe got lots of Fentanyl last night b/c the tube in his mouth kept making him mad. He woke up slowly from the medication this morning. They warned me when they extubate that he might lose his color, drop his sats and then hopefully rebound and they would work on him if they need to. I was mentally and emotionally prepared. Gabe did great! His color stayed good and his sats were above 78% the whole time. What a trooper! This afternoon, he had his eyes open and was looking at us. They plan to start pedialyte thru the feeding tube tomorrow and see how he tolerates it. They have him on high flow air which has the same type of effect as CPAP in terms of keeping the airway opened up. They'll try to ween him off the high flow and onto a small amount of oxygen tonight. Hopefully the inflammed tissue in his throat will go down and his airway will open up now that the reflux is hopefully gone. Think NO TRACH thoughts!
Even though this has been a difficult time, we are so lucky. Look at the cute face staring back at me!...makes mom's heart melt.
He looks so awake and alret in the pics. Glad to hear that today was a good day and that his sats were good and that he is extubated! What a cutie:)
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