Our visit with Gerad!

Gerad is taking steps forward in healing! His catheter is out, the bandage off his wound, and he himself is responsible for taking out the I.V from his right hand. The left hand they re-enforced quite well, so he can't take out that one. He had a bag of ice on his head again to help lower his slight fever. (38 point something) The two white rolls you see on his belly is a pacemaker hook-up, just in case they need it. His chest drain has less fluid coming from it and today they were looking to graduate him upstairs.

Once in a while he wakes slightly and he will kick his legs and rub with face with giant strokes to ease his itchy nose. It is quite a sight to behold. Hannie will talk to him quietly, tell him to be gentle and pat his diapered bottom.

:: With Tia Michele, who is hoping to have her baby soon! ::

His right lung is what you can call a 'lazy lung'. It happens more often when babies come off the respirator and the lungs have to start working on their own again. It does inflate completely, but then does not deflate completely. Most often it heals on its own, otherwise with therapy.

:: Some colourful toys at the foot of his crib ::

He was sleeping most of the time we were there because of the last dose morphine he got.

After that they would be giving him tylenol. They bottle feed him again, but only a minimum amount. He loves it as it gives him a filled up feeling, instead of being tube fed.

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