Day 66 - POSTPONED Extubation & NIV/CPAP Trial

Saturday, March 6, 2021

This morning James had another bath and now he is resting up for the big test... 

Update: Last night weighed in at 2080 grams (4lb 9oz). Up to 42 MLs for feeds.

More updates to come later... For now, check yesterday's post for recently added photos and video. Cute NICU onesie from Maria and Ashlee (H3Bs)! He is going to love to fish! 🎣



Update: So it has been delayed due to several sick babies recently admitted into the NICU. One in particular is very critical. They may push Jimmy's extubation to tomorrow morning. They want to make sure they have the staff to focus their attention where needed. 

Unfortunately this is going to be a very rough night. He is currently on 62% oxygen support which has increased from 50% from this morning. His leak is still ranging between 50-80%. He continues to desat constantly because of the leak. 

Photos after his bath this morning...


Falling asleep sitting up...



James hasn't moved since then... just sleeping AND DE-STATING all day! Unfortunately since we were not informed until very last minute that they would not be doing the procedure at 2pm today, his extra large dose of morphine had already been given to him. Part of the reason for the 💤.



P.S. You can email James your love and support as often as you’d like:  JamesWestonAbramowitz@gmail.com

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