We visited Jonathan tonight, and he seemed to be recovering well from the operation on his duodenum. He opened his eyes a few times to say hello, but because they've got him on morphine, he was quite drowsy and quickly drifted off to sleep - although he kept a firm grip on mum's finger!
He's still on the ventilator, but while we were there they changed the setting so that it was only supporting his own breathing, rather than doing all the breathing for him. They think they'll be able to take him off the ventilator completely tonight and stop the morphine, and give him paracetamol instead.
Tonight's visit was a bit hectic because one of the other baby's in the ward was having a few problems - all the alarms that were monitoring her sounded at once, and a crowd of doctors and nurses rushed in to resuscitate her. Her parents looked very distressed and had to leave the ward while they worked on her, but it seems they were able to stabilise her after a few minutes.
We were feeling quite upset about Jonathan's breathing tube before then, but that incident quickly put things in perspective. We're thankful that Jonathan's stable, and that the doctors aren't expecting him to have emergency problems like that. We were also comforted by how quickly the doctors were able to act to help the other baby, so we know Jonathan's in a safe place.
The nurse mentioned tonight that Jonathan might get transferred to King's on Sunday or Monday in preparation for his brain operation (inserting a shunt) - the sooner they'll be able to get that one out of the way the better!
Hopefully tomorrow he'll have the breathing tube out and he'll be back to his happy self.
He's still on the ventilator, but while we were there they changed the setting so that it was only supporting his own breathing, rather than doing all the breathing for him. They think they'll be able to take him off the ventilator completely tonight and stop the morphine, and give him paracetamol instead.
Tonight's visit was a bit hectic because one of the other baby's in the ward was having a few problems - all the alarms that were monitoring her sounded at once, and a crowd of doctors and nurses rushed in to resuscitate her. Her parents looked very distressed and had to leave the ward while they worked on her, but it seems they were able to stabilise her after a few minutes.
We were feeling quite upset about Jonathan's breathing tube before then, but that incident quickly put things in perspective. We're thankful that Jonathan's stable, and that the doctors aren't expecting him to have emergency problems like that. We were also comforted by how quickly the doctors were able to act to help the other baby, so we know Jonathan's in a safe place.
The nurse mentioned tonight that Jonathan might get transferred to King's on Sunday or Monday in preparation for his brain operation (inserting a shunt) - the sooner they'll be able to get that one out of the way the better!
Hopefully tomorrow he'll have the breathing tube out and he'll be back to his happy self.
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Loving the blog, Trace, Chris and Trombiddle! so so so lovely to see the photos and to hear how Jonathan's going. xoxoxoxo
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