ECHO and eye exam - October 28, 2103

Owen lost weight for a change last night.  He is now 6lbs. 4oz.

His liver numbers rose a little bit but they took the phototherapy lights off.  They will not help much with this kind of problem.  Breast milk and good urine and stool output will, though.

They increased his milk to 40ml over 1hour with a 2 hour break between feedings.  Owen is still doing good with digestive tract function.  So good that he squirted all over his incubator and they had to get another one.

His lungs looked the same as yesterday (just ok).  They started him on another steroid to help with lung function.  He is still on the previous steroid, also.  They are thinking of trying to extubate him again pretty soon.

They did an ECHO on his heart to make sure everything looks fine before the try to extubate him.  We don't know the results yet.

He got another eye exam today.  We don't know the results of that either.

They sent another Vitamin D test out.


Praying for:

Kidneys to function better

Liver to function better

Adrenal glands to function better

Bones to grow stronger

Lungs to function better

Infections to stay away

Extubation to work

Eyes to work correctly

Heart ECHO to be normal

So why do you want my eyes open?

An eye exam?  Oh no!