Don't scare mummy please

This morning when we arrived Jensen's puffy face had lessened and he looked more himself. The nurses gave him a thing called Lasix to help him get rid of fluid through his wee. It doubles his amount of urine and therefore gets rid of some fluid. He still has a little around his tummy. We also found out he has had an E.coli infection. The doctors knew he had an infection and have had trouble locating it, but have been treating it anyhow. Now it has been found, he will continue the antibiotics for the next couple of days. After this they will try him back on his milk again gradually.

There was quite a scare this morning for us all when the nurse looking after Jensen activated the emergency alarm. Doctors and nurses came running from everywhere and I just stood there frozen, in a panic. Jensen's oxygen saturation plummeted and the doctor gave him manual breaths while they sorted out the respirator. The little man recovered well and responded to the doctors' treatment, but it happened again within about 5 minutes. What happened was he had some secretions in his tube and his tube had moved 2ml and was irritating his carina (entrance to/part of lung). If something irritates our carina we cough and get rid of the irritation, little Jensen needs some help to do this. The doctors cleared the tube and stretched it out into the correct position. They considered repositioning it but as he had it replaced just the other day and he was in a fragile state today, they have left it alone. It is also only 2ml out of place which is most likely Jensen's doing by wriggling about, and he likes to hold onto it. I am thinking about restraining his little hands to stop them venturing to such places!! He seems to just love having his hands in or around his mouth or on his face or head. Daddy had harsh words with the little man when he got back from work today for misbehaving and keeping all the staff on their toes and scaring the life out of mummy.

He is resting nicely after another blood transfusion and looking very pink and healthy. He is wriggling about again, a sign of him feeling better. Just as long as keeps his hands off his tube!! Please find incriminating evidence below:

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