Oct 5th...

Today is another pretty good day. Just a few new things have come up which unfortunately is to be expected. Dylan has continued to go potty which is great news. It has leveled off a little bit which is to be expected. His weight is down to 1 pound 15 ounces. Since midnight last night Dylan has had some epidodes dropping his heartrate and oxygen levels. They were occuring more and more so they have made some changes so his vent. Instead of having a continuous vibration from his vent he is now getting 20 breaths per minute from the vent. They are monitoring this and if need be they can increase it to 30 breaths per minute. They are thinking that this is a result of him having apnea, they are giving him the benefit of the doubt because he is afterall only 26 weeks and 4 days gestation. The second thing is that after the Echo yesterday they found that the PDA or duct in his heart is still open. Yesterday they were unable to hear a murmur but this morning they were. They will not give him medicine for this as St. Lukes did, rather they will do surgery to fix it within the next 7-14 days pending his tummy situation. The NEC or tummy situation is looking stable, they will continue to monitor that. The blood culture from the 29th is still negative and that is final. The one from the 2nd is still negative and they will continue to monitor that. They did another one here at the U last night and will watch that. The fluid from his trachea they took the other day is showing signs of the Grand Negative bacteria which is the infection he had before. He is already on medicine for this which is good. So overall a pretty good day, these small baby steps are good news. Brad will be up tonight he hasn't been up to see him in over two days, he is in for a real surprise, they little guy looks great!!! Keep praying, our little angel sure is!