Crazy Day at the Hospital (But NOT Because of Ayden!)

I remember my friend, MJ, telling me that x-rays can be a day behind in revealing what is actually clinically happening with a patient. The doctors believe that may be the case with Ayden today. Today's chest x-ray was only slightly better, but he has been off the nasal cannula since 6PM yesterday, and he has clinically improved over the past 24 hours. His coloring is better, and he isn't working as hard to breathe. Since he isn't peeing as well today, they are thinking that they have dried him out and that tomorrow's x-ray should show where Ayden really is today. (Or we could look at things negatively and wonder if Ayden's kidneys are failing... probably not.)

Ayden's blood and urine cultures have not grown anything. If that continues to be the case this evening, they will take him off the antibiotics.

Ayden's speech pathologist, whom you have already heard a lot about, came by to work with Ayden. Denise gave him sweet potato baby food. Not only did Ayden like it, but he actually used his lower lip to get it in his mouth to swallow it! Denise was very impressed by what she saw, and I kept teasing her by asking her where his spoon was. (He's not quite there yet.)

The hospital was a crazy place today. 6C has more sick babies than normal (probably because the PCCU has more sick babies). The hospital had a Halloween parade, where people in costumes delivered goodies to all of the children. Then Rascal Flatts visited the children in the hospital; the group was honored with the naming of the children's hospital surgery center, Rascal Flatts Surgery Center. Rascall Flatts brought Ayden a toy and a signed photo, and they posed for a photo. (Ayden had just woken up from a long nap, so he looks a bit out of it.)