Two Months Old

More pictures and a video are after the break.

Ayden turned two months old yesterday. What did he get for this new milestone? He got rid of the CPAP mask, which made him very happy.

Now, as you can see, he just has a nasal cannula. He is getting just a whiff of oxygen through it (the next lowest setting is "off").

Ayden still has some fluid build up in a portion of one of his lungs. His throat just hasn't regained enough strength yet for him to really cough on his own to get rid of that, so he is getting some regular treatments to help him get the fluid out. Unfortunately, these treatments include a tube up the nose so the respiratory therapist can suction out the fluid. Not surprisingly, Ayden doesn't enjoy this process very much. Who would? (Granted, most people probably wouldn't hold their breath, drop their heart rate, and turn themselves purple. To each his own, I suppose.)

We continue to get rid of other things (oddly, it feels like we've gone through this process before...). The IV line in his right arm is gone (it stopped working). The ART line in his left groin (ouch) is out. We're back to getting blood pressures with the cuff.

So, he continues to make progress. At this morning's rounds, he was once again called a "superstar."

Dreaming of his pacifier?