12/11/2009 update (video)

I got to hold Mr. Malachi today for like THREE HOURS!! It was super enjoyable except for the time when he desated down to the 30s and started turning slightly blue. Scary stuff! Thankfully, his heart rhythm was pretty consistent throughout the day and the saturation levels were resolved to greater than 70 after a bit of suctioning from his mouth and throat. He is still on Vapotherm for his respiratory therapy, but all of his meds are oral so he does not REQUIRE an IV. This is good because they were unable to flush one of his access points last night and they fought and fought with him to try to redo one, but were unsuccessful.

They were trying to do a PICC line insertion when John got to Chi's bed, so he went down to the Ronald McDonald House to find a snack. When he got down there one of the workers looked a bit overwhelmed. She had told John that none of her volunteers for the night showed up. He decided to put on some gloves and help her slice up the 15-20 pounds of ham that had been donated for dinner and lunches. By the time he had finished helping out, he was able to go in and see baby Chi. Unfortunately, the PICC line was not able to be successfully inserted, so he will need to have a central line put in again sometime this weekend.

Look at those little legs!
Snoozin' on his belly...

Snuggling with mommy...


His hoarse, raspy little cry from being intubated for the last month and a half...