Doing Better

Kyle had the C-PAP mask on overnight (which he kept asking to take off) but he was doing much better. Still retracting but not as much. His respiratory rate was more normal and his sats were staying high. The doctor just came in a little while ago and said he could be switched to high flow nasal canula and he was taken off the mask. He's doing well with just slightly lower sats at 3 liters of oxygen. He's just a little more irritable than usual. Every time anyone says hi to him, he starts crying, afraid we're going to do something else to him. His hand, arm and foot are bruised from numerous needle sticks over the past couple of days. He already has numerous "white freckles" (as I call the needle scars) on his hands from all the past hospitalizations.

In other news, I happened to read a friend's blog last night (Jon & Rebecca Sullivan) that mentioned that THEIR son was going to be in All Children's today! I saw them downstairs this morning getting a snack while they waited for their son to get out of neurosurgery. So I'm getting to socialize and eat chicken tampico today. I'm so spoiled.

Well, now Kyle's getting used to the canula and getting his spirit back, talking and playing. Ronald McDonald came in for a visit and gave him a toy so he's in a better mood now.