5:32pm
Asher is currently on a Fentanyl drip combined with morphine. He is fighting the ventilator when he’s being active. (This boy is wild, even when he’s “sedated”)
Nurse said he’s been feisty all day.
They had to go up on his oxygen levels because of it.
Both of his lungs today didn’t have enough pressure (showing hazy in the X-ray).
They had to introduce an IV for another blood transfusion (10cc’s) from the dip in oxygen. They currently have it in his left arm. They also “braced” his arm so he can’t bend at the elbow (due to IV).
He’s currently laying on his belly. The nurse said that he seems to be more comfortable in this position, has limited mobility and almost immediately lowered his oxygen requirement from the machine (dropped from 80% to 60% 👍🏻)
They did do a physical examination on his head today (feeling for swelling & separation of sutures) and found neither swelling nor separation of his 4 sutures (metopic suture, coronal suture, sagittal suture & lambdoid suture)
Note: Although the skull appears to be 1 large bone, there are actually several major bones that are connected together. The major bones that compose the skull of a newborn include the following:
- 2 frontal bones
- 2 parietal bones
- 1 occipital bone
These bony plates cover the brain and are held together by fibrous material called sutures.
Sutures allow the bones to move during the birth process. They act like an expansion joint. This allows the bone to enlarge evenly as the brain grows and the skull expands. The result is a symmetrically shaped head. Some sutures extend to the forehead, while others extend to the sides and back of the skull. One suture in the middle of the skull extends from the front of the head to the back. 🤯🤯🤯
We are in awe the more we learn about Asher and how our Creator has designed us.
All in all, today was a good day.
Asher will have an ECG on Monday to see if the acetaminophen treatment has closed his ductus arteriosus. They will asses next move from that review.
