December 17, 2009

Talk about being on a roller coaster, that's the way the last few days have been. We got great news on Monday--the small hole in the valve in his heart has closed and he's beginning to gain weight. I guess the mommy milk agrees with him. Then on Tuesday nite they had to put him back on the ventilator. He was having to work too hard to breathe and they didn't want him to overtire. They ran a blood culture to be sure all this grief wasn't due to an infection. Well, it was an infection, apparently coming from his "broviac" (central IV). He's on antibiotics and they're checking his blood again to make sure the antibiotics are working. They will remove the broviac but would like to wait until the first of next week when they feel they can take him off his "gatorade and fat" cocktail and feed him with only mother's milk. I sure hope so. Thanks so much for the prayers and good wishes. It sure makes the rough times a little easier to go through.