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

Just lots of pictures, not a lot of news today. Brendan was awake today. I held him for a few hours and he gave out a couple of smiles. He seemed more comfortable, his numbers were better, but his color was pretty bad. There was talk about trying him on the home ventilator again tomorrow.

This picture shows off his eyelashes and his fuzzy chin

He likes getting kisses from Mommy

His ventilator tubing kept popping off of his trach, we were both tired of it. It was worth it for the cuddle time though.

Since I took Gramma to the hospital with me again today, Trevor’s whole morning routine was thrown off. He got his prunes later in the day, they must taste different in the afternoon.

Prune mustache!

At least half of the prunes did make it in to his tummy

Gramma and I went to visit Brendan today. His numbers on the monitors are probably the best we have ever seen, but Brendan himself didn’t look so great. His head was swollen, his eyes were puffy and tired and he was a little blue. He had enough drugs on board that he was sound asleep, and when he did manage to open his eyes, he couldn’t even look straight and he seemed a bit bewildered.

Hopefully all of this sleep is good for him and his recovery.

He has a lion by the tail

The lion has the same crazy mustache as Brendan!

Trevor had playtime with Daddy all morning. He was getting attacked by a calamari in outer space.

He had a famous 10 minute Trevor nap this afternoon so he went on to the floor for some tummy time

He thinks he should already be able to crawl. He is lifting up really high now, and his little legs kick and kick. Then he gets mad when it doesn’t work.

He is worn out from crawling in place and feeling kind of cranky