22 February 2012

vent weaning is so much fun!

so we've been weaning rowan off the vent for the past month or so, but it never really felt too different, because all we were doing was messing with his settings (i.e. decreasing his mandatory breath rate by 2 breaths per minute every friday). but today was special, because today is the first time we got to TAKE ROWAN OFF THE VENT FOR A HALF HOUR! so from 2:15-2:50 (we were having so much fun we accidentally took an extra five minutes!) rowan and i walked all around the house...upstairs to the bedrooms, downstairs to the basement, out on the porch, and even in the bathrooms. he absolutely loved it! and he did a VERY good job...I'm so proud of him! and the best part is he gets to come off for a half an hour twice a day, so when his dad and brother get home, we can do it again!

                                                                      what a guy!