Henry's nurse today was Jean. They stopped the feeds last night but resumed them today around 11AM. His blood tests from last night all came back negative. Jean was able to get some residual from his stomach, but it was a tan color, not nasty green. Rather than being done every three hours, the new feeds are being done continously at a very slow rate. His skin is still mottled-looking.
His oxygen was set at 30% when I arrived a little after 12PM. Jean asked me if I wanted to hold him. I asked her if she thought it was a good idea given last night's episode. She thought it was, so I ended up doing skin-to-skin. I asked if we could do it with the cannula, but she said he needed to wear his CPAP. I don't know if Jean wasn't aware that Dr. Cahan said cannula was OK for 1 hr kangaroo care sessions or whether Dr. Cahan has changed that decision after last night. I decided to go ahead with the CPAP, and things went well.
Henry cried for a little bit as he was getting positioned onto my chest. I was in the recliner. While Jean was trying to sort out all of the wires, Henry squirmed and lifted his head up like he was about to do a push up. Jean helped me get him settled down with his head to the side. We ended up doing the skin-to-skin for two hours. He was relaxed the entire time with sats ranging from 92% to 100%. Most of the time, they were around 97%. His heart rate and respiration looked good.
My sister Erin stopped by for a little while during the kangaroo care. She said Henry furrows his eyebrows just like I do. Shortly after she left, my mom visited. After two hours of skin-to-skin, Jean put Henry back into the isolette. He settled down pretty quickly. My mom stayed and watched over him after I left. She said that he kept his sats up and was restful the entire time. It's nice to have a day where Henry isn't sat surfing.
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