Ooh ... Wild Night

So our son had a pretty wild night last night. He had a bunch of people going wild at his place. Things didn't calm down until after 4 am. No, I'm not talking about our out of control college aged son. Unfortunately our little baby boy was having a hard time last night. But God is faithful. His mercies are new each morning.

This morning - as in the period after we woke up, not the period when we were still up - we found out the results of his latest blood work. And they were exactly what we were hoping for! At 8 am his C02 was back down in the 60s. His blood oxygen saturation has been up as high as 94% now with his CPAP oxygen at 26%. Beckett's last heart rate drop requiring stimulation was 2 am! And his last one without needing stimulation was at 4:45 am! Good work champ! Wait a sec, now that I think about it ... a few weeks ago he started a big party on a Thursday night that didn't calm down until 4:43 am when he was born on a Friday morning. Let's not make this a habit Beckett. You and I might need to have a talk.


They're putting his feeds on a pump that runs over 45 minutes. His bowels look good. (Still distended, but no loops.) And he had a major blow-out diaper! (Yes it is true, parents celebrate odd things.)

And the (other) big news this morning: (drum roll please) He's wearing clothes! His temperature was running hot. So they weighed him on a different scale than what they had been using and he weighed in at 1230 grams. They don't push these little babies to regulate their own temperature until they're past 1200 grams. But since he's above 1200 grams and he was measuring warm, they decided to put clothes on him and set his bed temperature to a constant temperature. Recall that before his bed was automatically adjusting the ambient temperature in order keep his measured skin temperature near a target temperature. That's a perfect example of an electronic Control System ... surely somewhere in there is a PID controller.

Anyway, the nurse said he is wrapped up in a blanket too and looks like a little burrito. Lydia is his nurse today. She said we could bring clothes for him!

What a wild ride these NICU stays can be. Please pray that he will tolerate his new dose of caffeine and his heart rate won't rise too much.