Friday 10/31/08

Friday, October 31, 2008 4:13 PM, CDT

John is back on the open crib as of 9 this morning. He did pretty well keeping his temp above 97.7. There were a few scary moments for Mommy where his heart rate and O2 levels dropped very low because of his reflux. As soon as his head was elevated his levels evened out. And his intake has been increased to 37 cc.

John has been moved to a different room in the NICU because they are so full. He will be rooming with a 28-week baby. It will be a little more quiet in the new room. Hopefully, he will like it since he does not like it when the other babies cry.

Friday, October 31, 2008 10:37 PM, CDT

Well, this is one of those steps back.

John is back in the isolette on skin temperature (the isolette warms according to his skin temperature needs). At the 6pm feeding, his temperature had dropped to 96.1! By the 9 pm feeding, his temperature had only risen to 96.8, still not good.

Another concern was that he looked unwell. In fact, both times he has been in the open crib he has been less active. Today, he didn't even really wake up much at all even after diaper changes. (Previously he had been more active and interacting more.)

We have asked to speak with both the RN practitioner (at 4am) and the neonatologist later in the morning. We hope that this is only a sign that he has been pushed too much too fast rather than a sign of something else wrong. For now, we are going to push to keep him in the isolette for a couple more days and possibly running some tests to eliminate any possible infections.

Please continue to keep John in your prayers. The poor little baby had a bad day... he is trying so hard.