Today

Today... Today was ok. Overnight was hard.. Watching your baby cough but unable to produce a productive cough is heartbreaking. Him turning 50 shades of purple and not being able to cough it up is..... I have no words... Except awful. He is still extubated which is great, his numbers are good. Heart rate blood pressure etc.... They fluctuate but they are stable. Now we are fighting infection.. Infection in his lungs, infection in his urine and we are hoping no infection in his blood, but unable to tell at this point ( blood cultures and every other culture from his sweet little body has been sent) he is on high doses of antibiotics... For all my nursing friends... Cefepime , Gentamycin , Zosyn.. And vancomycin... I just pray he breakers his 103.1 fever... It's one step foward  and 3 steps back! He is breathing on his own which is wonderful .. He still has high flow nitric oxide and 100% oxygen helping him, but  he is holding strong. This has  been a good day.. Was hoping for a

better day but either way it's a good day. Breathing tube is out of his throat! He can say No!! His favorite word. We are holding our boy soon..... 8 days seeing your boy without holding him is not natural. He wants his daddy to hold him and I can't wait to see it! Pray he responds to these antibiotics... 2 open hearts in one week didn't stop him... This dang infection won't either! He is strong... We are trying to be strong... But we have faith he will prevail! God won't make all this for nothing... Go Baby Boy go!! We love you and can't wait for you to throw all the rocks into our pool you want. God is good... He is hearing our army of prayers! Today was good... Tomorrow will be better!

Kiss the ones you love! Go Brody Go❤️