Firstly, please note that he isn’t critical and nothing earth shattering has happened, however both Justin and I feel that he was better yesterday, even after he had been put back on CPAP than he was today when we went in.
At 9 am this morning he was taken off CPAP again and he was still not on CPAP when we went in this afternoon. I went in first and I thought three things when I first saw him: (1) his cradle cap on his forehead was much worse than it was yesterday – this is a very good indication of how he is, regardless of what symptoms he may or may not have (2) he was only wearing a nappy and felt slightly colder than I would have liked and (3) lastly, but most importantly, he was working very hard at his breathing.
The nurse looking after him said that he was very hot this morning and she had stripped him down, which was obviously the right thing to do, but I felt that he had cooled down enough and that with a temperature of 36ºC he could do with just a vest. I’m not entirely sure the nurse was very pleased with me. As the afternoon wore on I think I managed to ruffle her feathers even more but to me Massimo’s wellbeing is and was more important than endearing myself to his nurse.
Anyway, he was put back on CPAP at about 6 pm and it didn’t seem to make any difference at first but J said that he was much more settled by the time he left at around 7.45 pm. I think this will take a few more days to clear up and we must just hope that it doesn’t get any worse first.
Just sending an extra hug for my man – and bugger the nurse – she should know a mother always knows best big kiss Kxxx