First infection - September 24, 2013

Owen has an infection in his lungs.  The infection turned out to be Ecoli, so they started a new antibiotic specifically for that.  He has been very sensitive for the last couple of days and has episodes where he will de-stat.  This is making things impossible for the ventilator to work correctly, so they had to put his muscles under temporary paralyses.  His PDA (gateway between the heart and lungs) is open wider now.  This also hinders lung development and can cause blood to get into the lungs.  A medicine to help this to close was started yesterday and will continue for a couple of days.