Mommies News (Issue 249)
This is how fast things can change in our world. Yesterday Mom was loving on Jonah in her arms. Today Mom was loving on Jonah while he is back on the ventilator while lying in bed heavily sedated, but not paralyzed. Today we received a call from the NNP saying that Jonah's CO2 was in the 140 range and that they had to re-intabate, that they had surgery come and do it in preparation for Wednesdays procedure. They have also stopped his feedings, they won't ever conclude this but Tanya and I will: Jonah asperated, no infection, no bacteria, the only positive thing that has ever grown out of a culture is from the spinal tap they took, and even that was concluded to be contaminated. They have a machine hooked up to the ventilator that measures the CO2 that is exhaled so they don't have to poke him so much. Mom reported that while she was visiting Jonah that he would cough and the nurse was able to suck the junk up out of his lungs. So we are grateful that he is intabated ...