13 Days Old

The past 24 hours we have made more progress. Last night around 6 pm Mr. Hudson got his feeding tube put back in and started feeding again...and despite all the days without food he is only down to 8 lbs 2 oz....so he has only lost a couple of ounces. He had a good night's sleep to prepare for is big morning today. Today he has already had all his chest tubes/drains and foley catheter removed so he should be much more comfortable. He was xrayed and later today will have a echocardiogram of his heart. They are starting him on methadone to try to gradually wean down his pain medication he has been on the past 13 days...woohoo! They have also cut his lasix (the diuretic) down to every 12 hours so hopefully his potassium levels will balance out...once he doesn't need potassium replacment he will hopefully get his central lines pulled (IV access). He still has a central line in place as well as 2 peripheral IV lines in place and remains on the ventilator, but will hopefully be taken off the ventilator towards the end of the week. Once he is off the ventilator he will get a nasal cannula (oxygen directly through the nose). Mommy lotioned him up nicely and he is currently peacefully resting! Sweet boy is still hanging tough! We are sooo very proud of him and are counting down the days until we can wrap our arms around his precious little body and give him unconditional mommy and daddy love!