traumatized

I am not sure who was more traumatized after our visit last night - Charlie or mommy and daddy. When we got there, his night nurse was adamant that Vince was going to hold Charlie. Please note, that this was not a topic that we had brought up with her at all. She had just finished checking his vitals and told Vince to go put on a yellow gown, so we just followed her lead. Unfortunately, she was not one of Charlie's regular nurses - she has only had him once or twice and has never moved him before. I am not sure what she was thinking, but the way she moved and then situated him in Vince's arms was not the way Dee has done it for me and things did not go well. He ended up extubating himself and his oxygen levels dropped right off. 

So he went right back in his bed and the nurse practitioner and doctor were called right in. The good news is that he did start breathing on his own right away and had over 30 breaths a minute. He was not moving quite enough oxygen to warrant staying off the vent though and they re-intubated him. So, Vince has sworn off holding him until the vent is gone; not that I can blame him though. It was not a pleasant experience. 

The only other big thing going on now are his feedings. He is doing okay. They are getting some aspirates (stuff left in his belly after is eats). They think it is a lot of spit though, so we are continuing to keep our fingers crossed that we do not run into any major feeding issues!