Day 682 - At the Zoo, Off the Vent 🦏 🐻 🐺 🦅 🐐
Saturday, November 12th, 2022
We went to the zoo again because the weather was a little cooler. We planned it so his 2½ hour sprint was in the middle of the day, and we only went for the last 2½ hours before they closed. This was the first time James got to be off the vent and see the animals up close instead of being restrained to his carseat on a stroller! We still had the ventilator with us along with all of his equipment. Although we do now leave the oxygen tank in the car. Mom and Dad took turns carrying him. We also took off his pulse ox because it would constantly alarm if James would move. So his only connections of being tethered were to his feeding pump and his Farrel bag. In conjunction with the flying squirrel (feeding pump holder from Etsy) these items can be easily hung from pants or from a pocket. James also got to experience his first photo booth! Yes, we paid extra for the video below. 😂
After this zoo we went to the Olive Garden and hooked the travel highchair to the inside of the booth with Mom. We had to put him back on the vent so we just had the ventilator circuit, feeding tubing, and Farrell bag lay across Mom's lap. Some people sleep like that!
Once we got home unfortunately Mom started having cramps. It was just two short times but enough to have her stop what she was doing and double over in pain. 😔 We have to wait until Monday for the second blood test.
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| Cool mist! |
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| 1st Photo Booth experience! |
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