Sleeping on a Winter Snowy Day........

(Friday 12-4-09)
It's not even Christmas yet and it snowed today for Joshua's first winter!

Doctors increased his mike again and lowered his level on his vent. Doctors say as long as he continues to do good they will continue to increase his milk so he can soon drink from a bottle and they will continue to lower his vent level so he can soon move to hopefully his 3rd and final step the cannula tube.

In regards to his leg and the swelling, they know he has a blood clot and they will continue to keep an eye on it and hopefully it will soon go away on its own.

Right leg........

Joshua is continuing to do better, he is starting to cry and sleep most of the day like all the other babies.

The only concern the doctors had today was a blood clot they found on his right leg. It's not considered severe but needs to be monitored daily. The doctor stated that he has a good blood flow running down his leg and eventually it will get better. If the blood clot does happen to get worse then they will have to thin his blood out. This is definitely not a good thing, but it could have been worse. At first they assumed the infection could have traveled to his bone but that was ruled out with an X-ray and ultra sound that was given this afternoon.

Other then that Joshua is doing good, they went up on his intake of mike. His test have came back negative for an infection two days straight, now we just need one more day for the test to come back negative so we can be assured that the infection is completely gone. He is off all of his pain medication and they have removed his tape from his little battle scar. His voice is also coming back little by little since the oxygen tube is now out.

So........... we can say today was a good day and only hope that tomorrow is even better.

THE BEST DAY OF MY LIFE!

Sometimes you might hear a mom here and there complain about babies being fussy all the time and wanting to be carried all day. You might even hear them complain about how they are not able to get any work done etc.

I am a first time mom and so far from my experience all I can say is please enjoy the time you have holding your baby. Even if it's because they are screaming there heads off and just wanting attention. It might not be the best time for baby to be acting up and crying and wanting to be held but for someone like me we have to take advantage of the time we are able to hold our babies in our arms.

After 23 days of Joshua joining us in this world I FINALLY GOT TO HOLD MY BABY! Last night between 11:00 and midnight the nurse on duty said it would be okay to try to hold him.

I have a couple of days in my life that I could call the best days of my life (Day my baby was born, Day I found out we were pregnant, Day I married the love of my life) But I can honestly say out of all those days this was no doubt THE BEST DAY OF MY LIFE!

It's one thing to have your baby then have the nurses hand your baby over to you in the delivery room so you could hold, hug, kiss and then take baby home. But it's another thing to have your baby in the delivery room and only be able to have a peek for a second before they take him away. Then not being able to HOLD your baby until almost a month after he was born. So........ yes I can call this The Best Day Of My Life!

So if you ever hear me complain about Joshua crying and wanting to be held, just give me a little reminder! LOL

Joshy's Mommy

It continues....

Joshua did excellent today, his platelets increased and is drinking more milk. Around7:45pm he was being very fussy, and the nurse turned his position. We notice that his right leg (where he has his IVs) was swollen and all the numbers (blood pressure/heart rate) were looking awful.It reminded us from last Friday when he was infected by the two deadly viruses. The nurse called the doctors to notify them of the situation. The doctor stated we just had to wait, it could just be from the position he was in or the infection may have traveled to his bone. After giving him some pain medication, Joshua's numbers went back to normal. The doctors are still wondering why his leg was swollen. They are keeping a close eye on Joshua tonight just to make sure the leg doesn't get any worse.

Bouncing back faster then expected.....

10:04pm
Joshua's oxygen gases are excellent, so they will try again (3rd attempt) to remove his oxygen tube. We will definitely not be sleeping tonight, so that we can make sure he can overcome this big step again...

12:16am
Everything went great!!....no more oxygen tube!! Joshua also pottied and started to cry hard enough for us to hear. We are so happy..

Bouncing back.........

Joshua is doing great !!

- No meningitis

- No blog clots

- No pain medication

- Started to drink milk (4cc)

- Gained some weight

- Still has an infection (still on antibiotics)

Thanks for all the prayers....

3 Weeks Old.....

Joshua still has his infection (cocci bacteria) but at the same time he is also improving a little everyday. He also had a second bacteria infection called E-coli but he seems to be fighting that one a little faster. Joshua also has a very low count of platelets, this could be caused by the bacteria infection or he could have a blood clot. The doctors ordered a ultra sound today to scan his body and double check to make sure he does not have any blood clots. This ultra sound will hopefully rule out and blood clots.

We seen Joshua a little more alert to any noise or to any touching, he also opened his eyes a little here and there. We hope and pray that he gets better and better each day and fights all the infection off.

Improving......

Joshua has been improving more and more today, he has opened his eyes a few times. He is still pretty knocked out, but at the same time he does react when being touch. Our doctors stated Joshua is over the "hump"and should continue to recover for the next couple of days. The infection is still in his bloodstream and usually takes any wheres from 24-48 hours to get rid of it completely.

Tomorrow November 30, 2009 will be the last day that Joshua will be with his "Blue Team" of doctors (Dr.Johnson, Dr. Rios & Dr. Cho) as his primaries. Tuesday we will meet his new set of doctors for the month of December. They have been an awesome team!