Another Rocky Weekend

This weekend was not one of our best. It all started friday when the ICU team decided to try to wean Hudson off his vapotherm too quickly. He immediately failed and was quickly struggling to maintain his airway. He was put back on vapotherm at a higher flow than he was initially on when extubated. Then came Saturday...the ICU team decided to adjust his narcotic schedule and he began to experience narcotic withdrawal. This was probably one of the worst things for a mommy and daddy to watch. Sweet baby boy was not having a good day and was not the same baby we have loved since the day he was born..he was a completly different baby. He was inconsolable and uncomfortable to say the least.....Saturday night he developed a fever of 102 and got completly worked up for an infection. Blood cultures came back positive for Staph again...but this time within the bloodstream. One by one..the issues have been addressed. His medication schedule was changed back...within 24 hours his fever was under control with tylenol and IV antibiotics and his breathing isn't as good as it was when extubated but we have definelty seen some improvement in the last 24 hours. Yesteday, he was a happy baby again. He was smiling, lying in mommy's arms and had a big time in his giraffe swing that daddy brought from home. It was sooo good to see him feeling better!! Currently, the plan is to continue IV antibiotics..keep his breathing stable and give him a couple of days of recovery from this gradual spiral down over the weekend. Oh yea...and he pooped on mommy for the first time yesterday..an explosion through the diaper.....luckily mommy had on a brown shirt....but it sure was stinky!