The community nurse came out to the house yesterday and were very happy with Alexander's saturation levels and with the top of his wound. For a normal baby their sats should be at about 95-100% but for his the cardiologist wants them between 75-85%. His will stay at this level until he has his big operation in 12-18 months. His sats were at about 87% yesterday. They are a little high and that is why they want him to gain a little weight.
Alexander's wound is healing very nicely as well. They are very pleased with him and he is off his antibiotic for his infection. He is happy about that. He would try to spit it out all the time...I finally had it down though. Now he is only on his aspirin and dieuretic. Yeah!
Also, he is alot more alert and awake than ever before. He looks all around and focuses on things. Today AJ is 3 weeks old! :)
Saturday, December 15, 2007
Thursday, December 13, 2007
Saturday, December 8, 2007
Our baby's home!
Well needless to say our baby got to come home on Tuesday! We were quite suprised. We thought it was going to be Thursday or Friday. Well on our way to the hospital the nurse called just to make sure that we brought his carseat because he was coming home. Yeah!
It has been a little crazy around here ever since. On Wednesday his wound at the top wasn't looking so good so the nurse came out to the house. They put some sturry strips on it and it seems to be heeling much better. He is now on yet another medicine for his infection at the top of his wound (Only for seven days though). It is only a antibiotic but he hates it. Alexander also takes a aspirin aday (until his next surgery), a dieuretic and a pain killer if needed.
Everything he has gone through already he is doing great. He is two weeks old today and he is doing excellent!!!
He is our sweet little boy and everything we had expected!!!
It has been a little crazy around here ever since. On Wednesday his wound at the top wasn't looking so good so the nurse came out to the house. They put some sturry strips on it and it seems to be heeling much better. He is now on yet another medicine for his infection at the top of his wound (Only for seven days though). It is only a antibiotic but he hates it. Alexander also takes a aspirin aday (until his next surgery), a dieuretic and a pain killer if needed.
Everything he has gone through already he is doing great. He is two weeks old today and he is doing excellent!!!
He is our sweet little boy and everything we had expected!!!
Monday, December 3, 2007
Great news!
Today when we got to the hospital they had already taken Alexander's NG feeding tube out. Yeah! The nurses and doctors were extremely happy how well he is feeding. He is still on 0.1 of oxygen but today when we were there they turned that off for awhile. When they turned it off he was exactly where they wanted his saturation oxygen levels. The head nurse came in while we were there and she said that he would probably be home by the end of the week. John is excited for that. His birthday is on Thursday so maybe he will be home for Daddy's birthday! :)
Sunday, December 2, 2007
Alexander John Brewster
Alexander John Brewster entered the world on November 24,2007 at 11:53 pm. He weighed 8 lbs and 8oz and was 21 inches long. As soon as he was born he was wide eyed for about 3 hours and loved his food.
The midwifes tested his oxygen saturation levels right after he was born and they were just fine and then they tested them again about 3 hours later and they had dropped quite low. The peditricians then monitored the little guy and decided to transfer him to the Freeman Hospital in Newcastle, where they specialize in hearts. So at 5am Alexander was transfered hospitals. They released me from the hospital about 10am.
So after we got to the hospital on Sunday we were told the doctors wanted to talk to us. At first we thought it was nothing then realize this is the same surgeon that is suppose to do his big operation in a few months. Well he went on to say that Alexander would need to have open heart surgery the next day and would need to have a shunt put in his heart to widen his pulmonary artery. This will help to have more blood pass through from his lungs to his heart. This will also extend his other operation until he is 12-18 months old.
Well now he is a week old and is recovering quite well. Alexander is only on 0.1 oxygen and he is feeding through his bottle. The NG feeding tube is still in but that is just for precautionary reasons. Also today we took him off the oxygen for awhile and his saturation levels stayed quite high, which is also a good sign. So fingers crossed he will be home very shortly!
Keep our little AJ in your prayers!
The midwifes tested his oxygen saturation levels right after he was born and they were just fine and then they tested them again about 3 hours later and they had dropped quite low. The peditricians then monitored the little guy and decided to transfer him to the Freeman Hospital in Newcastle, where they specialize in hearts. So at 5am Alexander was transfered hospitals. They released me from the hospital about 10am.
So after we got to the hospital on Sunday we were told the doctors wanted to talk to us. At first we thought it was nothing then realize this is the same surgeon that is suppose to do his big operation in a few months. Well he went on to say that Alexander would need to have open heart surgery the next day and would need to have a shunt put in his heart to widen his pulmonary artery. This will help to have more blood pass through from his lungs to his heart. This will also extend his other operation until he is 12-18 months old.
Well now he is a week old and is recovering quite well. Alexander is only on 0.1 oxygen and he is feeding through his bottle. The NG feeding tube is still in but that is just for precautionary reasons. Also today we took him off the oxygen for awhile and his saturation levels stayed quite high, which is also a good sign. So fingers crossed he will be home very shortly!
Keep our little AJ in your prayers!
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