Health Update

Lawson has been moved from the PICU to the general pediatric floor!  Woohoo (although I loved all of the attention he received there)!  He was on room air for most of the night, but took it upon himself to yank the nasal canula right out of his nose around 4 am.  Since he was doing fine without it, they let it stay off and later took off the canula completely.  While he was at it, he yanked out his NG tube too... for the fourth time.  They also opted to keep this out since his stomach was soft and he was drinking formula.  

He had an echocardiogram done this morning to rule out any underlying health issues related to his prematurity.  It came back perfect- whew!!  Upon moving to the pediatric floor, Lawson needed to be put back on a liter of oxygen which surprised no one.  Because he's needing more oxygen now, it is a possibility he will need to stay tomorrow night unless this episode is very short-lived and he makes it through the night without any support.

Because this type of virus has struck Lawson hard twice now, he is being referred to a pulmonologist- a local one this time!  We asked if the doctors here would go ahead and also refer Sutton while they were at it (even though he's never even been to this hospital) and they did!  We know there's only so much one can do to prevent these types of illnesses, but we are happy that the pulmonologist might be able to help.

So... In a nutshell: Lawson is still receiving albuterol every 4 hours, Pulmicort every 12 hours, oral steroids every 12 hours, and is now on a liter of oxygen.  Sutton is holding strong even though we all convinced ourselves he had a cough this morning, but alas, we never heard it again- can you say paranoid?

(Lawson yesterday)

(Lawson today while off oxygen)

(Sutton... not coughing;))