....well, close. Nate had his breathing tube removed at noon yesterday. He has been off of the ventilator for over 24 hours now and doing well. He is now on a CPAP machine. A continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) machine was initially used mainly by patients for the treatment of sleep apnea at home, but now is in widespread use in intensive care units as a form of ventilation. The CPAP machine blows air at a prescribed pressure up the nostrils to help keep the airway open. He is on very little additional oxygen. He does have a mask over his nose and a hat on that is helping to hold the mask in place as you can see by the pictures. By the beginning of the week, we hope that he can change to a nasal cannula so we can see his beautiful face.
He is 3 pounds now!!
Don't forget you can click on the pictures to enlarge them.
Leeann and Patrick
So very cool...I'll bet he's home before St. Patty's, :D
ReplyDeleteWe are very glad that Nate is doing so well. :-)
ReplyDeleteWee, he looks a lttle mad about the gavage tube.
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