June 23, 2006. Yesterday was our 4th wedding anniversary and after dinner and a movie we spent it with Beau. He was okay. He seems to be building up fluid in his lungs and of course he can't take in as much oxygen when he's feeling so yucky. They started him on laesix to try and flush the fluid out of his lungs. His nurse said it was taking a lot to calm him down, including extra bolisses of fentinol, especially after being changed. (Please excuse the spelling.) His blood gases aren't looking so good either. On the plus side, he's taking my milk like a champ with no issues. They're still increasing his feeding amounts every 4 hours. His heart is doing great as is his blood pressure.

Today, when we saw him, his oxygen was up to 70%; where as he usually hovers between 30-50%. Kind of freaked me out. I really don't want him back on the oscillator. Today's xray looked better than yesterday's in terms of fluid. So, I guess the laesix is doing its job. His day nurse said he's still doing impressively well for a baby of his gestational age. He's gaining weight, but how much of that is fluid isn't known.

Tonight when I called the NICU, his nurse said he's back down to 40% oxygen and seems very comfortable. She said he's not fidgety at all. He did very well getting his diaper changed and all set up for the next 4 hours. I'm happily surprised. She also hasn't had to give him extra fentinol which really makes me happy. I'd like him off of that as soon as he is okay with it. So in a nutshell, today was better than yesterday, but tonight is better than today... I'll take it!