The baby had a rather uneventful day. They did turn up the vent a little during the night, but he is breathing more spontaneously. His heart rate was down to the 150s and 140s, so that is good news. His heart is getting used to the new pressure inside of his chest.
I did note that he had a few spots on him when I showed up today. By the end of the day he developed a lovely rash. They don't know what it is from--they said it looks like a medication reaction, but he has only had 1 new med in the last 3 days. They said it could be a reaction to the heater above him, because there are no spots on his back. It "blanched" (turned white when they poked it and then turned red again) so they said it wasn't acting like an infection. So they gave him some Benedryl and are keeping an eye on it.
They are thinking about taking the chest tube out tomorrow, and then backing off the vent some. If all goes well he could be off the vent on Saturday! That would be excellent. They're thinking of feeding him food either tonight or tomorrow--my milk. It will be through the feeding tube. Once he's off the vent they'll start to feed him once more via the bottle. :)
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