Today Mason had a very good day. I was able to hold him for three and a half hours. They restarted his feedings and all of his labs looked good as well.
Yesterday was also a good day until the doctor decided to see what Mason could do. He wanted to see if Mason was ready to be off of the ventilator. So at around 7:00pm they turned the rate of breaths the ventilator gives Mason down to see if he would initiate the breaths on his own. He did. At about 7:15 they took the tube out that helped him breathe and put Mason on CPAP (continuous positive airway pressure). Mason did ok at first, he just wasn't quite strong enough. He lasted on his own for around an hour and a half. He just wasn't able to keep his oxygen saturation up on his own. They ended up having to intubate him again and put him on the ventilator. The doctor said he just needs to grow.
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