It was a much better Monday than last week. Brendan is feeling more like he did last Friday. His numbers were not as good as yesterday, but his color and his mood were better (for him).
The doctors have switched him to a regular pressure control mode on the big hospital ventilator instead of NAVA. It is the intermediate step to getting back on to the at-home equipment. They normally would have transitioned to the home vent in the same day, but with Brendan it is all going to go slower now. Maybe he will be on the LTV1000 tomorrow.
He likes to keep an eye on his monitors
He was throwing out smiles to everyone today!
Until it was time to take a nap, then don’t you dare mess with his lion.
Brendan was awake most of the day and we had lots of play time. He really liked watching his mobile, as long as I kept the animals spinning. He is not in to boring, regular mobiles.
A video of Brendan being cute, trying to talk past his trach. You can hear his newborn neighbor in the background. Maybe she is the reason Brendan wouldn’t nap today!
Trevor thought that we made too much mess yesterday, so today he was going to feed himself!
This expression is funny, I wonder what he was reading
He didn’t want to take a nap today either, but the swing won
Love their smiles! Keep on improving Brendan! And Trevor?…buddy you need to learn to nap!!!! Sending more prayers and positive thoughts 🙂
And why would anyone watch animals that just march in circles? Crazy spinning animals are so much more fun! That lion will need a silly name (like Down the Slide?), since he will be keeping it for a while it seems. Trevor, keep working on feeding yourself. Once you get the hang of that, you can learn to unscrew the jars and you are all set! No more waiting on Mommy & Daddy or Gramma to deliver!