Wednesday Micah update

Here's what we know this morning:

• Micah is completely off blood pressure medications and his pressures are doing great.
• The docs are trying to manage his diuretics to reduce his fluid level, but not too quickly.
• Fluid around his left lung has decreased but it is still not completely clear.
• They took him off the "roc" (rocuronium bromide... kept him from moving), but he was moving around too much last night (he's not awake... it's more like twitching) and they were concerned about all of his lines and tubes being compromised so they put him back on it last night.
• Micah's vitals look great.  His skin tone is back to "normal" (almost getting pale, actually).  He's performing well in his lead role in "The Incredible Shrinking Baby."
• They're starting to feed him through his g-tube this morning (roughly 3cc's/hour, which is about 1/10th of an ounce).

Next steps:

• Start removing peripheral lines and the chest tube
• Continue to reduce the assistance of the ventilator (he's taking a few breaths on his own)
• Hopefully take him off the ventilator this weekend
• Increase his sedation so that they can decrease the "roc" and enable him to breathe more on his own

Specific prayer requests:

• Micah still has a lot of secretions in his lungs and we'd like that to diminish.
• Continued fluid reduction, specifically 200-300 cc's per shift, which is 7-10 ounces
• Tolerate (and increase) the feeds through his feeding tube so that he can get off the TPN (total parental nutrition... it's nutrition given through an IV... can have some side effects)
• Intestines to kick in and digest the food that's going into his tube

Thanks for your prayers, everyone. We are so very thankful for the life of our little boy.



Mom update: My mom is being moved from the hospital to a rehab center today, where she will likely stay for 5-7 days.  Thankfully, the place is close to our house.  Her ankle will not be casted for 2 whole weeks.  Yes, it was quite a set of breaks.