Late night blogging again.

I can't seem to get to the computer before midnight. Oh my gosh it is 1:20 this maybe a quick blog.

Okay let's see, how long has it been since I blogged. It seems like so much has happened. On Saturday they removed Ryan from the ventilator. He was put on a high flow nasal canula, it doesn't breath for him, it just keeps a high flow of oxygen going into his lungs. Which means he is breathing on his own. On Sunday he was put onto a CPAP breathing assistance, which stands for continuous positive airway pressure. Both this and high flow keep his lungs from completely collapsing during exhale making it easier to breath. As of today they put him back on high flow. He needs more oxygen on high flow but they said it does less damage then the CPAP so they will probably go back and forth between the two. He still has pneumonia so he could go backwards and need to go back on the respirator, but as of now he has been breathing on his own for 3 days.

Ryan also got moved out of the open warmer bed into an isloette. Those are the boxes you normally think of with preemies with the port-holes to put your hand through. The isolette regulates his body temperture better the the open waremer bed. He just couldn't be in the isolette while he was on the rapid vent respirator.

I actually got to hold my little man tonight. Doug and I went to the hospital late today. Shortly after we got there the nurse asked if I had held him yet and I said no. She said they needed to change out his isolette for cleaning and I would need to hold him for about an hour while they changed beds and got the new one warmed up. He is so tiny and seems to weigh almost nothing. He was very calm while I held him. He opened his eyes for a while and checked us out. He did some sleeping and dreaming as well.

While he seems to be better, he still is having his issues. Right now besides his lung problems, his digestive tract is not working. They keep trying to feed him but his stomach is having problems processing any food. As of now he is no longer being fed any milk. That isn't to say they are starving him, he gets fats and all the nutrients he would get if he was still in the womb. His little body just can't process anything else. So please pray for his lungs to get over the pneumonia and start needing less help to breath and that his digestive system starts to work. Those are his two hurdles for now. I am sure they won't be his last two though.