Gabe's Busy Day

My little guy is exhausted! He is sleeping so soundly. Let me tell you about his busy day! We were moved to another pod this morning. There was another more critical baby moved in that needed immediate surgery. Gabe is doing so well that they put him in a less critical area where he shares a nurse with another baby. (He had his own nurse all to himself earlier). Right after they moved him, they extubated him. Yes- you heard right, extubated!! As in "removed his breathing tube!!" I thought that was a rather large victory, but oh no...Gabe didn't. He couldn't just stop there. He improved so much that he even got his chest tube, central line and an IV out of his shoulder. So all that is tied to him is his blood pressure monitor and his pic line. (They did keep an IV port in his scalp, in case they needed it. Oh- but he didn't stop there! He also, proceeded to try some pedialyte to see if he could keep it down. And he did! So a couple of hours later, he got an ounce of milk in a bottle. He did fantastic with that and followed up the rest of the night with more feedings. He really is such a strong little boy. Thank you for your prayers, everyone! Keep 'em coming! And while we are all praying...please take a minute to pray for all of the sick children in the PICU. They are all in similar if not worse situations as Gabe. They need all the prayers they can get. Lets pray that they all get to go home and be with their families soon enough.

Below are some pictures of the little guy and some of his victories.