Getting Stuck

When Jenn got to the hospital this morning, they had her wait outside the NICU while they worked on getting a new IV into Lewis. His old IV had failed sometime earlier today. He still needs it for antibiotics. An hour later, they hadn't succeeded, so they decided to take a break and try to get an IV in again later. Jenn was able to spend several hours with Lewis before Nate, Didi and I arrived.
Nate tries to make Lewis smile for the Camera

Later on, they were able to get an IV in, but it wasn't easy. We could hear Lewis hollering out in the waiting room. Didi and I spent most of the rest of the afternoon with a tired and pretty fussy Lewis. Can't blame him.

Respiratory - did I mention we could hear him hollering out in the waiting room? Lewis is back to breathing on his own (no oxygen, no cannula) and his secretions seem to have decreased significantly from yesterday. Still no luck on the swallowing.

Not much else to report today. The antibiotics seem to have us almost back to where we were a few days ago, hopefully no more fun with IVs for the time being.