Tuesday, January 27, 2015

January 16, 2015 "Graduating to Pod G"

Today Rayden graduated to Pod G!! This is the step down pod. The nurses say the G stands for 'going home!' I was super excited to find him all snuggled up in his new pod. Dr. Elton came and said he was pleased with Rayden's alertness. Although I think his front plates are separating, Dr. Elton says that's where they are suppose to be. He says the top plates are still overlapping just a little though. He adjusted the shunt to 2.0.

 The new Pod G doctor said she heard the heart murmur and wanted to do an echocardiogram. I told her that issue had already been resolved but she wouldn't budge. Results showed his heart is just fine!!

The only issue for the day came when the speech pathologist came to feed Rayden. He started having desats (low blood oxygen) and bradys (low heart rate) quite a bit so she changed him back to rice cereal. Instead of making it 'honey thick' she did decrease the amount of cereal to 'nectar thick'. He is now getting fortified breast milk (2.5 oz breast milk and 1 tsp. Enfamil) mixed with 12.5ml of rice cereal X2. Feeding is starting to be more of a science experiment to me...

The best part of the day was DADDY IS BACK!! Michael came busting into Pod G looking for Rayden. He was so excited to see him and Rayden seemed happy to see his Daddy too.

2 comments:

Unknown said...

Hey Teresa, Just wanted to touch base. I really love the blog. Sometimes when a family is going thru what you guys are,it is hard to have other people around or calling all the time. Just want you to know I pray for you and your family daily, several times a day too. These pictures are so beautiful. Keep trusting in the Lord, He will provide and walk with you daily. I am so proud of you, Michael and the boys (all three!) love you, Dale

Unknown said...

Whata beautiful thing when God shows his mighty power. how blessed we are to be able to call on his name at any time and he hears our prayers. Raiden is beautiful and looking more and more handsome everyday. You are very blessed