What a month this little boy has had! Max has been doing very well since his surgery. Despite a few scares with him dropping his oxygen saturation and heart rate, things have been pretty quiet. He is still sedated on both the versed and morphine and will be until they extubate him. He is on the "on-call" list to have his scope done on Tuesday. Keep those fingers crossed that all goes well and that he comes off the vent then.
It is still unknown exactly when dialysis will start, but it looks like it will take place sometime next week. His levels have finally started to level out. They have actually gotten better, still not great though. But it will give the doctors a better idea of how much dialysis he will need.
Max's right lung collapsed again on Tuesday, but it has reopened as of yesterday (Wednesday). They just had to up the pressure of the ventilator and it popped right back open. They think this could have been some of the cause for the drops in his heart rate and sats. He hasn't had any nearly as bad as what they were.
Also, Max's weight as of last night was on the brinks of 8 pounds. Again, we aren't sure how much of this is fluid, but he doesn't look nearly as swollen as he did over the weekend and earlier in the week. They have increased the number of calories they are adding to my breast milk and I think it is working :o)
Other than that, I think that is all that I have to report. I will continue to keep everyone posted on Max's progress.
Thanks again!
Beth, Tim and Max
2 comments:
Happy Birthday Max. Max is proving to be a strong fighter. We are all hoping and praying he will continue to fight so hard. Love, The Minning's
happy 1 month little guy! we are still praying for you!
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