Breathing Apparatuses

Ayden had his ventilator removed late morning. He threw a tantrum (vagal response), and they attached him to a new breathing apparatus called a nasal CPAP. Nasal CPAP delivers continuous pressurized air (CPAP stands for "continuous positive airway pressure"), but it does not create a breathing rate for Ayden; he does that on his own. This apparatus is actually better than being on the ventilator because there is less fear of infection, pneumonia, etc. All of that having been explained, Ayden initially had some difficulty breathing on the CPAP, and the current theory is that his airways are swollen. They have given him two breathing treatments and an IV steroid. Already his breathing has started to look better.

 I think he looks kind of like he has flight gear. Maybe he is going into space.
(Apparently, he and G-Daddy can be Darth Vader together
since his G-Daddy has the same machine for sleeping at night!)