You guys!! Let me just brag about my son for a second! Today after our trach and vent class our respiratory therapist and nurse told us that Holden's vent was on a CPAP setting which only provided pressure support and he was breathing on his own and had been for 20 min! I seriously did not believe him! So I walked over to his vent and sure enough he was all on his own and doing very well! They let him breathe on his own for about another 40 min and then put him back on his vent but on very minimal settings. The doctors only wanted him to be on his own for about an hour because they didn't want to wear him out too much but are wanting to try again tomorrow if he is having another good day! Which is amazing because we were not expecting this until way down the road and we could not be more proud of him!
He has never been able to do this for this long before. They have done it once before they started the medicine and he made it for about 7 minutes and then gave him his medicine and was able to do it for 15 min.They were saying they were not exactly sure what changed or clicked for him today for him to be able to do that. They did start him on another medicine and they aren't sure if that had something to do with it or not. And we aren't sure if this will be something he will be able to do more consistently or again but we are thrilled that he showed us today that he is able to do it on his own! Today was an amazing day and I am so proud of my little man!
I also saw this quote today and I absolutely loved it!
Thanks for keeping this blog for us. We are always anxious to know how he is doing and we keep all of you in our prayers. He's such a beautiful baby. He's a strong little man and God is a God of miracles. Keep the faith!
ReplyDeleteWonderful news Shanna and Jess. Go Holden.
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