Daddy changes diaper

Today was a okay day. Tino had another round of dialysis and it wiped him out. I guess he was pretty agitated during the treatment and worked himself into exhaustion. When we got to the hospital he was sleeping peacefully and we didn't want to disturb him. So John wasn't able to hold him today :( . We are hoping he will be able to tomorrow morning. John was able to change the lil guy's poopy diaper. As you see in the picture.

The docs are thinking of skipping dialysis for tomorrow, depending on how he does tonight. He will have a little time to rest. The neonatologist is considering extubating him off the ventilator tomorrow. I'm a little nervous but will be excited if Tino is able to handle breathing on his own. The nurse has said during dialysis he gets himself so worked up that he does need that extra help w/ oxygen. So we shall see what happens.

They took him off of the milrinone because his heart rate was high and blood pressure low now. His arterial line from his belly button was taken out and a new one put in his right hand. He had both his hands wrapped up so I wasn't able to hold his little fingers. I did kiss his cute little toes. Oh, I got to feed him thru his gastric tube some of my breast milk. They only gave him 3 cc's to see how he handles it. That was about it for today. Hopefully we will have a picture of John holding lil Santino w/ the next post.