Wednesday 3/25

The nurses and doctors said it was a good night, but I could most definitely beg to differ! They had some challenges in managing his pain. It seemed like they would up dosages or frequency of morphine, toradol, and tylenol without much effect and we did not want to up the dosage of Dexmedetomidine since that is the anesthetic keeping him drowsy and lowering his heart rate and respiratory rate. Dex is a narcotic and so we want to wean that ASAP...its also keeping him so drowsy that he had no interest in eating overnight.

He is doing much better this morning (Wednesday). Its actually been 5 hours since his last morphine dose, which is a huge improvement over last nights hourly episodes requiring more doses. Praise! He also got to put some food in his belly and took 150ml of milk from the bottle. I was so relieved to see that. I was so worried he would not take the bottle and we would be left with a grumpy baby until the staff decided breast was okay. They wont let him go to breast until they monitor a couple ins and outs to make sure things are working okay. Unfortunately, we tried another bottle, and then another and he will not take anymore. We will see how long he goes (and how long my patience lasts!) before morning when he can go to breast!

Prayers for God to continue watching over Ty, keeping him comfortable and safe would be greatly appreciated!