Gracie and I just got back from one of our many visits to visit our small family member in the Neonatal ICU. Drew, of course, is a little compact bundle, breathing away. The first thing that I usually do is look at him, and touch his feet and head. Then I look at the big computer moniter that shows his breathing rate, heart rate, blood saturation and blood pressure. It usually is where it should be. If it is not, I ask the nurse to explain what is going on. This morning, I walked in, and Drew had a black mask on similar to Zorro, without any eye holes, and he was under a bright light. It was there to help him overcome some jaundice.
This morning, we had a meeting with the team of doctors and other medical personnel that are involved with Drew as they were making their rounds. And everything that they said was wonderful. They are taking out his breathing tube, because he has responded well to it. They are taking him off antibiotics. They are going to start feeding him, and they are not going to go to the next level of treatment to deal with the jaundice, because he is responding well to the light treatment they are giving him.
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