Where is Mke Rowe when you need him?

We have a new Dirty Jobs episode. We finished feeding Tyler and was putting him down so we could get our dinner when I smelled the familiar smell of dirty diaper. We proceeded to change his diaper. We had him wiped off and Ben was lifting his legs up for me to put a clean diaper under him when Mt St Helens blew. Poop shot out everywhere. He was covered, the bedding was covered, the end of the bassinet was covered. He almost covered my face with his explosive matter. Ben and I broke down laughing. Just about the whole unit came over to see what had happened. Tyler seemed to feel much better afterwards. We got to take home his soiled belongings in this cute baggie.



Other than explosive butt, Tyler is doing great. He is tolerating his feeds very well and will take some time to nurse for a minute or two. He is on very little respiratory support and his A's and B's seem to be mild. The majors thing we are monitoring are his head and waiting for him to grow. Looks like we are waiting til the first week in July to install a shunt. Until then we are watching for changes and will tap his head again if we need to. He goes in for another quick MRI on Tuesday to give us another view of his ventricles and clots. There is always a possibility that we won't need a shunt but it is so remote that it's easier to accept the upcoming surgery. Once he has recovered from surgery and the surgeon releases him, he can then be accessed to go to SNHMC. It does look like he will be in a ICN at least though parts of August, barring any detours.

We had a great opportunity to take a video today. Tyler will spend periods of time just looking around and watching us. He does have a blanket over him to shield his eyes from the light.




I believe tomorrow we will be moving his bed. We were shown a new bay that is in the back room on the carpet and is semi private. It will be much quieter and easier to breast feed.