Day 80 - Immunizations Begin 💉

Saturday, March 20, 2021

We will just say this... We see both sides to the vaccine argument. 💉 We are also in a situation we didn't expect to be. 😟 To give you idea, we originally wanted to have a natural birth in 2019. 🐶🌈 Well we are far from that now! More on that in another post. With James most likely heading over to the PICU for a trach surgery in a few weeks, it has been recommended that he gets his 2 month shots before being around the “older kids". We also wanted to spread these out as much as possible to have enough time to see if there are any reactions with a 2 week wait window prior to surgery. We were told by the doctor that we would see reactions the same day, so he wanted to spread these out by 24 hours. Is that enough for a baby who is 37 weeks gestational? Who knows... Anyways James had his first vaccine today (PCV13) on his left thigh. Oh boy he didn't like it! Poor baby let out a silent cry since we can't hear him. 😭

He is now understanding that he shouldn't have this tube down his throat so he gags and cries often. 😢

Ventilator #s Update:
FiO2: 54 🆙
PEEP: 14 ↔️
Rate: 40 ↔️ (James is staying in the 40's; this is the backup rate. That means at 40 he isn't doing anything on his own.)
Tidal Volume: 17 ↔️

Weighing James at 2am, so please check back tomorrow!

Camera settings make him look super red with spots. This is not how he looks in reality! Video is better below.

Mom got to hold for 3 hours this afternoon. James went through all of his emotions.

P.S. You can email James your love and support as often as you’d like. Mom and Dad read these email to James as they come in. We all love them! JamesWestonAbramowitz@gmail.com