Owen had a rough night last night. He couldn't keep his oxygen levels up and he was very picky about which way he was lying or how he was being touched. He was still that way this morning.
The lung xrays were still showing expansion, but his right upper lung was very cloudy. The doctor ordered up an enzyme to break up the stuff that was in that part of the lung. He really wanted to take his tube out, see if it was clogged up, suction all the fluid out of that right upper lung, and then re-intubate him. He decided to try the enzymes first, though.
Then Owen had a better idea. He became very low on the oxygen levels before they tried the enzymes and the doctors started with the other plan. They found a clogged tube and the doctor suctioned lots of fluid out of the lung! Two hours later, the xray showed that the right side had already cleared up! He started him on some nitric oxide to help get oxygen into the lungs even more! They will also start the enzymes just to make sure everything gets out of there.
The xrays also showed that there was some gas in the stomach. This is a sign that he is swallowing a little and that his digestive system is starting to work.
He has been back on the blood pressure medicine for a couple of days. After his lungs started looking better, his blood pressure was better, too. Now they are weening him off of that medicine. He has to be completely off of the blood pressure medicine before they will think about feeding him breast milk.
He is still retaining fluids. He is pretty swollen so I am not going to post any pictures today! ha!
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