Thursday, September 30, 2010

Ahh...what a sweetie!

Our little Max is doing so much better today! As of last night they switched him off of the C-PAP and onto a high flow oxygen line! He started feedings last night through a feeding tube in his belly...and so far so good! He looks so much better to me! He does have some jaundice so they put him on some Billi lights today.
We got to hold Max last night as he is off of the blood pressure monitor in his umbilical artery. First time Daddy has held Max! I think Max could tell his Daddy was near!
As of this morning they have turned down Max's oxygen to 3 liters instead of 4. He is stable at 21% oxygen which is the same as room air. They still have him on his high flow oxygen because he is still on the Nitric Oxide. But that has been turned down to 2...and will be off shortly! They have increased his feedings from 6 ml to 13 ml and are feeding him every three hours now! We are so excited with his progress!! Thank you to everyone for your continued prayers in Max's behalf. Several nurses are quite surprised at how much of a turn around he has made in such a short time. It is just a pay off of the faith of all of his family and friends in Jesus Christ's healing power. We are so grateful for the knowledge we have of Christ and that we can lean on him in times of struggle for strength!


5 comments:

Brad and Hailey said...

That is such great news! Yay!! We keep on praying :)

Mandi said...

That is so great ames- but I have told you that already! We have to have the welcome home party of the year for this boy! For vaccinated family members, that is!

Samantha said...

So glad to hear he is doing better, I have been reading the updates you send through Facebook and it sounds like he is working his way to full strength as quickly as he can. Can't imagine what you and your family are going through. You're in our thoughts and prayers!

Lori said...

So tiny and sweet. We're glad to hear he's doing better. Our prayers have been heading your way. Love ya.

TJ and Jen Sherwood said...

yay! so happy for you guys, he is such a sweetie!