Day 12 Update

Just wanted to give you all a quick update on our sweet 11 day old baby boy!!! My how time flies!  Pearson didn't have the best day.  He continued to be fussy and cried alot of the day.  They aren't sure if he's in pain, but assume he's just really uncomfortable.  They finally were able to go up on his sedation drip and also gave him additional sedation medication on top of that since nothing else was calming him down.  His oxygen levels didn't go down, they actually went up a little so that was really good.  We just need them to continue to go up so that he can get back to where he was before they made the machine change. Dr. Kays seems to be ok with everything still and he is continuing to wean him off the ECMO.  He was resting pretty good when we left the hospital, so we are praying for a restful and peaceful night for him.  It's so hard watching your baby go through this, but it's even harder when they show signs of discomfort and there's nothing you can do for them.  We are so blessed to have such wonderful nurses taking care of him!!!!! Tonight is the first night Matt and I have actually been home by midnight so we are going to take advantage and get some rest. (remember the time on the blog isn't correct...it's actually a little after midnight right now) Let's all pray for a better day tomorrow!!! Love you all and appreciate all of your comments, text, emails, and phone calls!!! Good Night!

Here are a couple of pics, and you will notice that Pearson doesn't have the blue wrap around his forehead.  They took it off for a little while and I got to snap a picture.  I've never seen him without it until tonight.  I saw his ear for the first time and the front of his head.  It makes me so excited for when I get to see what his whole head and face look like once they start removing tubes.  It's like his nurse said the other day, "he's so cute with all these tubes, I can't even imagine how cute he will be without them." Like I said, we have the best nurses!!!!  I also got a picture so you could see his hair. He doesn't have much to see, but there is more towards the back of his head that isn't visible in the pic.  He's got a little fohawk going on when it's laying the right way! You will also notice that his face is more swollen in these pics.  That is because they had to give him extra fluids last night, which caused this.