Day 33

Unfortunately, today hasn't been such a great day... Good news first though: He's still off the vent, and really holding strong from a respiratory standpoint. His lungs are still mostly clear, although he's a little crackly in his upper left lobe. He isn't very good at leaving his nose tube alone, so half the time it's not even inserted correctly, and his O2 sats are still near perfect. So, as far as being off the vent is concerned, he's doing really well.

I wish I could just leave it there, but as always, it's one step forward and two steps back in here. The number used to measure pancreas function jumped to over one thousand this morning, and he's been throwing up again... They stopped his feeds around 3am, and that seems to have helped a little bit. All night and this morning, he's seemed to be in more pain than he was before... The doctors have told us that pancreatitis is extremely painful, and they were surprised that he wasn't showing more pain indications before. They've had to give him a couple of morphine boosts to settle him down, and even then he seems really uncomfortable. It's such a huge difference from yesterday, when he was playing and smiling... He seemed pretty content. Now he only wakes up to whimper and cry a little bit, and it's heartbreaking! I'm hoping and praying he gets past this soon... He poor little body has already been through enough.

And just so I can end this on a happier note... Holden is celebrating the holiday season in here. My cousins brought a bag of Christmas goodies in the other day, and he now has a cute little tree... Thank you Jack and Jennifer! :)

One of our favorite nurses, Tiffany. 

 It slays me when he sucks on his bottom lip while he's asleep.

 Watching him play with his toys has never been so exciting! :)