Jacob is doing okay. Yesterday they put in a IV and started him on some stronger meds to improve his heart function. He was so happy and laughing with the nurses, but when he gets upset, ohhhh he is a fighter! I love that about him! He has such patience, but after a while he lets those nurses know that he has had enough and they better stop touching him. :)
Thankfully, he has been feeding well, so no additional feeding tubes have been placed.
In the middle of the night his level of oxygen in his body went down to the 60s... when we came he was in the high 70s. (a "healthy" person would be at 100). So the nurse got a little worried and gave him some extra oxygen to breathe. It is still in his crib, but I think he is fine. A few times in the past he hit the 60s and his doctor wasn't too concerned about it.
One weird thing is that he has been puking a lot lately? I wouldn't think that has to do with the heart, but maybe? He hardly ever pukes and yesterday he massively throw up 3 times. Hopefully he is not getting sick either, because that would be really bad for him as well.
We are supposed to be getting out of the ICU today (hopefully his low stats won't keep us here.) It is much better up on C5 Floor, where we normally are. They have a nice couch and recliner for mom and I to try and get some rest on and they give us blankets and pillows. (here they have a small, really hard couch and a wooden rocking chair and they give parents nothing for comfort.) Plus they have a bathroom and shower in the room. (here we have to go out of the whole ICU and walk a ways to the bathroom and there is no shower). At C5 it is a brighter and happier place to be. (here all the babies are super sick, right out of surgery and its more sad- you hear moms crying and little kids all the time.) Oh and in C5 we are in control of the temperature in our room. (here it is freezing!)
So that is my little update for now.
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