Moving Fast
Hey everyone. Jackson did so good on his 12 hour pressure support trial on Monday that they decided to increase the length of time by four hours on Tuesday. Jackson did 16 hours yesterday and did well. We were expecting 20 hours today so we were very surprised today when we got to the hospital and learned that the doctors were so impressed with his progress that they decided to try a 24 hour pressure support trial. This trial will be done at 9am tomorrow. At this time they will do a blood gas and decide if he can continue on pressure support. He is handling it great as of right now. If he can do it for a couple of days they will start to wean the pressure. If they are able to wean the pressure enough, they may either extubate him or place him on E.T. CPAP. The difference in pressure support and CPAP is that when Jackson initiates a breath on pressure support the ventilator pushes air into his lungs (i.e. pressure). CPAP on the other hand is just constant pressure to keep his lungs open. Doctor Speer talked to us today and said he is hopeful. Well I guess that is all for now. Jackson is making great strides and we are very excited. Please continue to pray for us, that Jackson can get off the ventilator and avoid a tracheostomy. Thanks for reading.
Love
Kimberly and Adam
Love
Kimberly and Adam
posted by baby Jackson at 4:37 PM
4 Comments:
That is great news! I am so happy for you! Keep up the good work Jackson and you will be home in no time! I can't wait to get our little miracles together for a play date! Take care and God bless! You are always in my prayers.
Love, Catherine
Sofia's Mommy 4/18/06 LCDH
That is awesome news! Jackson is really making terrific progress. I know he'll be off the vent in no time!!!
Kim
Dr. Speer is who we had in Sept. 2005. More babies are sent home on his watch than any other because his approach is "Get them well and get them outa here!". I'd beware the ET CPAP. Jas was put on this and he HATED it! It is LITERALLY like breathing through a straw! It is VERY VERY hard. Jax was fine while he was asleep but when awake he would be very aggitated. This was the week before he was extubated. So don't feel stressed if Jackson is moved to ET CPAP and doesn't do well. It is soooo hard on them! I mean, how would we like it if we were breathing through a straw 24/7? I hated it when Jax was on it and told Dr. Haney (our discharge dr.) I wanted him off of it. It broke my heart to see him work so hard. But in the end they didn't see Jax as "failing" ET CPAP, just that he didn't like it and he was extubated days later.
Will be thinking/praying for Jackson! Sounds like he's making such beautiful progress!!! love!
Go Jackson!!! That is wonderful news! I pray he continues to improve. The pictures are just priceless. We miss you and can't wait to see Jackson in person.
Amie
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