Sunday, January 3, 2010

Sponge bath



So cooperative!

Don't forget to wash the soap off Mom!

We gave Quinn a sponge bath at the hospital. He did pretty good - I think he liked to warm water. He is very sensitive to touch at this time, especially on his legs. He doesn't like having his blood pressure taken and was pretty upset when they had to do a venous blood draw. The doctors say this is to be expected and they assure us he is not in much pain as his blood pressures and heart rate is normal. They are giving him Tylenol regularly and we do not want to have to give stronger pain meds as his breathing can be affected by the TM. Quinn is lucky that he is able to breath on his own, some patients with TM have to be on a vent because they cannot control their diaphragm to be able to breath.

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