September 22nd: Duke came off the ventilator today!!!!!!!! HOOORRRRAAAAYYYYYY!!!!! He is breathing like a champion. There was one moment when he was sleeping and was not breathing regularly, as which time my body has never been so tense (like I was a toothpick which would have broken if you touched me). The nurse moved him around and he remembered how to breathe and kept going from there.
His nurse for the past two days was Cassie, who was very attentive to Duke. She was very excited for Dukes movements today. She allowed me to take his temperature, change his diapers and showed me what some of the monitors and how the medicines work with the machines.
So here is the tube count. We are down his IV and Ventilator, he still has his tube going into his stomach for breast milk and the tubing through his belly button for his nutrition. The doctor today said she thought Duke was phenomenal with the strides he was making. She said she didn’t think he would get off the ventilator this early and was pleased with how he was taking the breast milk.
Candi was able to spend time with Duke again today before she was returning to North Carolina. She stayed extra today so she could see him without his ventilator, she took most of the pictures for today.
**Thank you to Lori Knowles and the Knowles family today for dinner for our family. The food was delicious and was very appreciated!**
Look at my wing span (he did this on his own)
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