Day 847 - Solo Trach Change & Prepping for Tomorrow!

Wednesday, April 26th, 2023

*The blog is behind due to exhaustion. 😫

🤸🏻‍♂️ Today we had moved PT to today which would have normally been tomorrow. We didn't know what time we would supposed to arrive at the hospital yet for tomorrow. We finally received a call at 4pm telling us we needed to arrive at 7am tomorrow morning! She also said that James would need a bath in antibacterial soap, nothing to eat after midnight, and no water after 6am. So Mom planned his formula to stop at 12am and than just ran water through until 6am. 

🎥 Instructional video below of solo trach change. 

🤰🏻 Today Mom had her first ultrasound. It was done a week earlier than normal. Everything seemed fine but there wasn't much to see. They saw a gestational sac and the beginnings of a yolk sac. No fetal pole yet but that is understandable since it is so early. She just said that "we are seeing everything we are supposed to see at this point in time" and she was just being overly cautious because the numbers were lower in the beginning. She wants to schedule another ultrasound next Wednesday. 🙏🏻🤞🏻


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

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