Day 5

Mason had a good day today. We were able to wean off the nitric oxide completely. Throughout the day the settings on the oscillator were turned down as well.  At around 6:00 pm Mason had a blood gas drawn that showed a change and the nurse practitioner had to turn up one of the settings. The nurse laughed that Mason just had to show us that he was the boss and he was the one making decisions. 

He received additional transfusions of fresh frozen plasma, platelets, and blood today. Part of the reason we have to continue to give him the blood transfusions is due to all the blood taken for labs.  Mason only has approximately 50ml of blood total and we are constantly taking blood for labs.  This decreases his total blood volume by around 10% throughout the day.

A tour of Mason's area

Mason on Day 5