Drew Is Doing Well

Another good day for our son! Today was a fairly uneventful day for Drew, he is stable and doing well. They did another heart echo to see whether or not the PDA (open artery that should close at birth) had closed off. The results show that it remains slightly open along with another area in his heart that is also supposed to be closed. They believe that these holes will close on their own and because they are not causing too much trouble they will wait to see what happens. His lungs are still full of fluid and there are still areas that show collapse on the x-rays, so they have been tweaking the settings on the ventilator to see how Drew reacts. The lab work that they did on his blood today also showed that he was having a little difficulty with ventilating the co2 out of his body and that he is having a hard time maintaining consistent levels of sodium. They believe that with a little fine tuning of his nutrition and ventilation (breathing machine settings) that he will find stability in these areas as well. So that is all that really happened today, the nurses said that boring days are good days! So we just hung out with our little guy and once again sang to him and held his hands before we said good night. Mommy made Daddy change two diapers today and each time it took Daddy forever! Thank you all again for everything, and most of all thank you Drew for coming into our lives! We love our special little guy.