Night, Night, Baby Boy!

I'm pretty exhausted from little to no sleep last night and the emotions of today, so I'll be brief. Mason's ventilator tube went in without any problem at around 2:30. He, unfortunately, doesn't like it when he's aware of what's going on and tends to desat because of it. So, they are going to keep him heavily sedated tonight to allow his body to rest and his lungs to get used to the tube. He appears to be resting comfortably with the ventilator doing the breathing for him. Its the least amount of work he's had to do to breathe since leaving the NICU 1.5 years ago.

Had some difficult conversations about the extent of Mason's current acute illness in our meeting today. Looks like we've got a long and difficult road ahead of us. I compare it to how sick he was when he was first born. He is pretty critically ill and the next few weeks to months are going to be important for knowing what his future holds.