This morning, Max appeared to be doing better. He was on 31% oxygen and the doctor noted that he was improving. However..... (the bad news) as we were scrubbing up to go to NICU tonight, we noticed a lot of people around Max. When we went in the doctor ran up to us and said they were about to put him on the ventilator. He was turning blue and oxygen was way down. It was very chaotic and scary. I almost passed out as they were pushing us out of the room. We ended up going back to the room and waiting to get some news.
After about an hour we were able to go back in. Max is on a ventilator and they put a line in through his belly button so they could better check his oxygen levels. You'd think this would be super upsetting, but I have to say - other than seeing the tube down his throat (bad), he looked a lot better than we've seen him. He was just so much more peaceful and calm. He wasn't fighting for every breath. He didn't have the nest build up around him, so we could see him all stretched out. He's a lot bigger than I thought. Gotta say- he's got some Stratter bowed legs - soccer player perhaps???
So, although he's gone backwards, I don't feel like we're waiting for a big fall any more. He is in good hands and his body is getting a rest. I think in the long run this will actually help him get better sooner because he's not working as hard. .
When the night nurse came in, she said I was being discharged tomorrow. This was news to me. I'm fine with that. We can call the NICU when we want and the hospital is pretty close to our house so we can visit often.
New adventures starting tomorrow as we transition to being home and just being visitors at the hospital.
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