Did Someone Say Poop?

Today was another stable day, at least until about 5:00. Mason did fairly well and he was able to wean down on some of his settings of the ventilator and the nitric oxide as well as go up and down on his oxygen concentration. Overall, a "good" day.

Unfortunately, after about 5:00 pm, after one of his nebulizer treatments to loosen up mucus plugs in Mason's lungs, his saturations went down a bit. This is a common occurrence and after the mucus is suctioned out, normally the saturations come up. Well, need I say it? Mason is not normal. They try to suction, but nothing comes out. So, the saturations stayed lower than we'd like and so we turned up his oxygen concentration. Now, we wait until things get back to Mason's "normal" and he resumes being stable. The good news is that Mason's x-rays this morning and tonight looked better than yesterday. The upper lobe of the right lung is staying open again.

Oh yeah, poop. We've hit the motherload! He's had poop with nearly every diaper and even goes while we're changing him. Forget the wimpy hospital grade diaper wipes, this is a job for washcloths and lots and lots of Desitin. Glad the nurse is here to help take care of it!! This is not a job for 1 person!