Recovery Update

It appears that Bailey Jack is on his way to a speedy recovery! Dr. Jake was in early this morning and said that he was the healthiest baby in the unit right now. You can immediately tell that his coloring is 10x better. Minus the carotenemia from eating only orange foods he is not really blue anymore. The blue around his eyes is almost all gone and his fingernails and toenails are the normal pink color. As you can see he is no longer on the ventilator anymore which they removed late last night. They have also taken out his catheter, and his artery line in his leg. He has started eating and is doing very well with that. He had a full 2 oz of pedialite and then at noon he had another 2 oz mixed with half pedialite half formula and he just had a full 3 oz of formula at 3pm. So, now they will give him a bottle every 3 hours as long as he continues to tolerate it. They are trying to ween him off the pain meds now so he is just on tylenol with codeine. The only thing the are really watching closely is his BP. It is a little high and they are just watching it to make sure he doesn't need to be put on any medication. The Drs. said that they will probably pull the chest tube either tomorrow or Monday and then he can move to his own room. He has been pretty responsive every time we have been in there and I have even gotten a few smiles out of him. I am dying to hold him but until they pull the chest tube he has to be left alone. He has had so many visitors already so I would say we are a very blessed family. Peyton has been well taken care of! He has been swimming, on the playground, and to the zoo! So, I don't think he has been mistreated at all. We have been so blessed to have such wonderful friends and family. Keep praying for a speedy recovery and safe travel for my family tomorrow. Love, The Becks

This is Christy his nurse for today.