Field Trip and a Milestone

Ear Muffs

It's been a long day.  Early this morning he had an SVT (high heart rate) and a high temperature.  Although they were both temporary and came back down, the doctor wanted to check him out for infection.  So Solomon got some more pricks in his heel for blood.  He got an IV in one leg (didn't work) and then the other.  They started him on antibiotics while they do a culture which takes 48 hours to show an infection.  He was fine during the day and didn't show any more symptoms of being infected.

Tonight around 7:30, a horribly loud high pitched alarm started going off right behind his bed.  The alarm could be heard throughout the NICU as it was happening in all the rooms.  There was some problem with the oxygen tanks although Solomon was doing just fine in that regard.  I stood there holding his ears for about 10 minutes trying to protect them from the alarm which the nurses were eventually able to turn off.  Luckily this all happened at shift change so there were extra nurses around.  Solomon and a few other of the most critical patients were transferred to the PICU just to be safe.  The nurse just got word (as I sit here typing) that the problem has been fixed but we're staying put here in the PICU for the night and will transfer back in the morning.  I miss my nice brand new penthouse; Solomon doesn't seemed phased.

As for the milestone, Solomon weighs 1190 grams which is double his birth weight.  Way to go little buddy!