March 14

Poor little Will had a crappy day today. He had a really great night last night, so they decided to try to extubate him this morning. We all hoped that this would be the day, but his little airways just can't stay open yet, so they had to put him right back on the vent. Next, his umbilical IV wasn't working like it should so his doctor was going to put in an arterial line. Unfortunately, they just couldn't get the line to thread in properly, so that was a no go. Luckily, they were able to reposition his umbilical IV so they can still get blood from it for tests rather than having to stick him every time they need a few drops. But all in all, that little guy has had a rough day. He handled it well and he's sleeping comfortably tonight, so he's not in any pain, but he's sure as heck worn out. we'll give him another week or so to grow and get stronger before trying to extubate again. So everyone please pray as hard as you can that his airways will strengthen and he won't have to go through this again.
Hays is still going up and down a little on his blood sugar. We're not too concerned, but we hope he'll regulate it quickly so we can get his IV out. I'm also hoping that we'll be able to start "non-nutritive breastfeeding" with him soon. This is basically practice breastfeeding so he can learn to do it, but he'll still get all of his nutrition from his feeding tube. I think he'll be a happy boy because that child immediately starts looking for the groceries the second I start holding him! What can I say, Hays is obviously a boob man!!!