First Try To Breathe

Drew had an eventful day today. He started out doing extremely well and his lungs had even showed some pretty good signs of improvement, which gave the doctors some hope that maybe he could breathe without support from the ventilator (breathing machine). Drew has been on the ventilator since the day he was born and the doctors would like for Drew to get off of his ventilator as soon as possible. Drew had also outgrown his breathing tube and the nurse practioner as well as the physician decided that today would be a good opportunity to see if Drew can breathe without the ventilator. They took the breathing tube out of his trachea and placed him on the continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) which forces air through small tubes that fit into Drews nostrils. Immediately Drew decided that he didn't really like the change and began having difficulty oxygenating well. They intubated him again with a larger endotracheal tube and placed Drew back on the ventilator. Through all of this Drew was kicking and swinging his arms, he is a little fighter but wasn't quite ready for the big change. It took a little while but Drew returned to his happy self and we spent the rest of the night taking pictures of him in his hat and booties that our nurse brought for him. Drew loves the camera and we love taking lots of pictures of him. We love Drew!!!