October 21, 2012

We have had an eventful few weeks . . . Peter spent three days in the hospital last weekend due to asthma-related issues . . . as a result, he now has a daily inhaled steroid that we will help him use . . . it seems to be helping thus far . . . Mac is Peter's favorite buddy these days . . . this smile is the first one we saw in three days!

This was the first night . . . poor little guy had a rough time . . . his breathing was quite labored.  We inhale oxygen that then moves to our blood stream to oxygenate our blood (a REALLY simple explanation for a much more complex process) . . . a normal person's oxygen saturation typically ranges between 95% and 100%.  Pete's "sats" were 71% when we got to the hospital.  This is a struggle he had as a newborn due to his immature lungs.  Unfortunately, it is a lasting result of his prematurity.   We (and his doctor) are hopeful that he will outgrow his "non-specific" asthma by the time he is school-aged.

Feeling a little better on Monday morning and ready to go home

As you can see, Peter's is back to being a little animal lover.  We went to Alpaca Fest on Saturday and got to learn all kinds of fun facts about them.