Day 229 - CPR Training, Withdrawal, & PEEP Down to 11!
Monday, August 16th, 2021 We had such a sweet nurse last night she came in any time his heart rate was up and sang him songs. Mom will never complain about nurses lovin' on her baby. James had a bowel movement around 5am. Of course you know when it's shift change when new nurse takes over, alarms are going off but no one is coming in. It's always a good sign that it's going to be a rough day. Mom and Dad watched the 24 required videos on the TV regarding G-tubes and tracheostomies. We also completed CPR training. We learned what to do in an emergency situation, if his chest was rising but he was unconscious. Doing CPR on a baby with a trach is a lot different than a baby without a trach. He's also really important that Mom and Dad feel very comfortable with this since a lot of times first responders are not familiar. Just recently in Mom's Facebook trach group there was a situation where the first responder did not bag the baby correctly and the baby did not mak...