After 72 hours of 'chillin' at 91 degrees, Tyler was finally taken off the cooling blankets and allowed to warm back up to normal temperatures. The whole process took hours as they gradually warmed up the water circulating through the cooling blankets. By mid afternoon on Wednesday the 28th he was nice and warm and pink...at last! This also meant the end of the EEG monitoring so nurses came in and removed the 20+ leads that had been glued to his head (yeah --glued... like superglue). I had actually run downstairs for lunch when they removed the sensors from his head but Tim said they used something that smelled like nail polish remover to get the glue out of his hair. I can't imagine he was too happy about it. Once the EEG leads were off we could FINALLY hold him in our arms. He was whisked off so quickly the night he was born that this was the first time I was able to hold him for a few minutes. I'm so thankful Tim took this picture so I can remember that moment forever :) Tim didn't get to hold him until the next day but he did get to change his first 'poopy' diaper. While it was so nice to finally be able to touch him, it was still difficult to maneuver around the ventilator tubes. Later that afternoon, Tyler was taken downstairs for an MRI (brain scan) so the doctors could see the extent of the damage. At this time, we still had NO idea of the extent (if any) of the brain damage. We would get that news Thursday afternoon.
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