One Tough Cookie

Oliver is more awake today and even though he still isn't feeling well, he is doing his best not to complain about it. He has started showing signs of being irritable which is comforting to me because that's how he should behave on steroids! 

The pulmonary team thinks Oliver's increased respiratory rate might have been from a small amount of aspiration (if he had reflux or spit up the high flow could push the fluid into his lungs) so they changed his feeding tube from ng to nd (basically they just pushed the tube in a few more centimeters so his breast milk bypasses the stomach and he can't spit up-making aspiration far less likely). He had an abdominal X-Ray this morning to check the placement of his feeding tube and is sleeping through his blood transfusion right now. 

We are still in the PICU, and probably will be through the weekend. He started weaning from the high flow and we turned his oxygen down to room air. So far he seems comfortable :)