The Journey of James Weston

Wednesday, March 31st, 2021 James has his surgery this morning, he is 38 weeks gestational. Originally scheduled for 8am, then 9:30am, and they finally brought him back at 10:30am. Ventilator Settings: His PEEP was changed from 14 to 12, and his tidal volume was increased from 19 to 24. They will be doing a PICC line right after surgery. Since a lot of times babies' IVs will fail, the PICC line will ensure he's getting the sedation he needs. They'll be placing this in his thigh. As they wheeled James off for surgery Mom and Dad stayed in the room and hysterically cried in each other's arms. 😢😭 11:45am Update: An RN called from the OR with an update...Surgery started at 11am. As of 11:45 the G-tube surgery is complete and went well and the tracheostomy surgery is 5 minutes in. ( Mind you we were told by a nurse that the OR is trying to reach us and we need to get on the phone with them. We immediately thought the worst because we didn't expect a phone call with an ...