Boring is Good, Right?

I would almost categorize today as boring. I don't want to rock the boat, jinx us, or anything else, but yes, today was rather boring. Mason slept quite well last night; was only up from 1-2 and then fell asleep with a little bit of medicine. I kept waking nearly every hour wondering what time it was since he wasn't waking up. Guess old habits die hard. Maybe tonight we will be just as lucky and Mason will sleep well.

Today, he was up much of the day and fought sleep whenever he was tired. I guess he didn't want to miss whatever party he thought we were having. Just in Mason-style, he finally did fall asleep, but only after I turned the vent tubing to be parallel with his body and laid him sideways in the crib. Apparently, this way, he could roll around as he wanted to and get that comfy spot at the end of the crib with his foot hanging out that he has liked each time we've been in the hospital.

Oh, how could I forget the big event of the day...Mason's ventilator finally went belly up. Apparently, it decided that it had worked long and hard enough and wasn't going to function anymore. It had acted up a couple of different times before, but the RTs were able to get it back on track with a change in the tubing. This time, no such luck. So, Mason was "bagged" for about an hour or so while they changed the tubing twice, changed the filter once, and tried 3 times to get it to work right. Finally, after all that, they brought in another ventilator (exactly like the first one), and hooked him back up. Mason tolerated this very well and even wanted desperately to help with the bagging. When we would hold his hands so that he couldn't help, he made sure to get his feet up right against the bag so that the RT could have all the help Mason could muster. Such a kind little fella!

Rate: 28

Inspiratory Pressure: 22
Inspiratory Time: 0.65
PEEP: 12
FiO2: 69%