Kristen and I headed out to dinner tonight to have some time away from the house, the hospital, and life in general. We had a great dinner and some wine - which helped us relax (very much needed).

We got to the NICU aroun 9:45pm tonight to check on Reid. They have dropped his oxygen levels down from 100% to 96% and he was still sat'ing around 90... which is a very good thing. They introduced a new drug tonight, in addition to the morphine and paralytic called Versed that calms him down (think muscle relaxer). This new drug seems to be helping a little bit. His roommate is no longer in the room and gave the room entirely to Reid - this means the nurse is no longer splitting her time with another baby. In addition, the on call doctor (Dr. Lipsom) is actually sleeping at the NICU tonight just in case Reid has any further issues.

The tiny bit of progress tonight gives us hope, but at the same time, we are not going to get over-excited as we know the difference 5 minutes can make. Crossing our fingers that he can make it through the night without any other issues.

Here are a few pictures for the evening:

The nurses chart which has a cheat sheet of orders given by the doctor. You can see the clear rules of when his oxygen levels can come down, when the oscillator pressure can be changed, how often he is to be suctioned and how often he has his CPT done:


My beautiful wife, Reid (somewhere in there), his nitric oxide machine (left) and his oscillator (right):


Reid with his 15 tubes coming out of the oscillator and into his ET:



Close-up of Reid. They like to keep a blanket over his face (keeps light out and I have a feeling the main reason is to prevent us from seeing his eyes stay open in the event that they do open up). This picture obviously cant show it, but his entire body is vibrating:


Bed time for us. Thanks to all for the prayers and continued support.