Today Kane's doctors reduced his ventilator settings to see how his body would respond, and so far the response has been positive!!!!
This comes shortly after they took him off of his blood pressure medicine and his sedative medication yesterday. The sedatives were causing him to retain fluids, so they started reducing them Friday, and have since continued. The fluid retention was making him look bloated all over.
Johnny and Aundrea have not had much physical contact with Kane since he was born. It is not good to rub the skin of pre-term babies so the most contact that is allowed with him is to hold your hand with some pressure to the top of his beanie covered head. So it is a big deal when I say, Aundrea was able to change his diaper Saturday, and Johnny was able to hold him while his bedding was changed. For most parents these are common activities, but for Johnny and Aundrea these days are milestones!
That is a BIG milestone. We couldn't hold Kaylie until 3 days after her surgery. I still have a picture of when I got to hold her, rock her, and give her a bottle that first time. Hang in there little Kane. Babies are fighters, they are a lot tougher then we give them credit for, and they go through things with a lot less crying than most adults.
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