19th November 2010 - 10 days old

Giving Benjamin his NG feed while Bear cuddes up too!

Benjamin is 10 days old today and he opened BOTH of his eyes. He had a wiggle and pulled his face a few times then at 11.20 am he opened both his left eye, his right eye was sticky so I wiped that and then he opened that too. OMG! He actually does have two eyes.
I helped Becca wash and change him and turn him, he then opened his eyes again to see what was going on.
Such an amazingly warm feeling especially after the last few days worry.
Hopefully tomorrow they will be able to get more fluid off him and he may be more awake. I worry that he is in pain or comfortable with all that extra fluid.
Hes up to 20ml EBM ( Expressed Breast Milk)
They plan to take his PD tubes out tomorrow at 06.00 am!! when we arrived at PICU he had fluctuations in his heart and his blood pressure went up to 230bpm, which is scarily high. He did bring himself out of it in five minutes. They tried to get it n the ECG but it was over faster than they could prepare for. Absolutely nothing else changed and if it wasn't for he rapid heart beat Benjamin would have been having a great day.  He will need yet more medication while were in PICU, Normally this type of SVT ( rapid heart beat) normally only happens 24 hours after surgery so they are slightly concerned. These episodes are less likely to happen over time but we must be aware of his temperature , and hope to avoid an infection.
He has been put on morphine as he has become quite agitated with all the fussing and poking, so hopefully he will sleep and feel rested.