Praise the Lord

Thank you, thank you, thank you for all who have prayed for Jackson and our family today! I am overjoyed to report that he is doing so much better. They placed a new chest tube to his left chest area and it immediately drained a large amount of fluid. The result has been easier breathing, and a very peacefully sleeping baby. His skin color even looks better! He did receive some sedatives from his procedure so he's certainly still feeling the effects of those, but his unlabored breathing is a very good sign. The doctors were alarmed when his symptoms began to develop--fearing that he had perhaps begun to bleed internally from the medications he's on. They were very pleased with the results of the chest tube placement. Just to be cautious regarding his agitation they had x-rays taken of all his extremities (to rule out any possible fractures) and another brain ultrasound performed. All were clear! At this point the doctors feel the chest tube was clogged and it was leading to a back up of fluid around his lung. We feel extremely relieved that the problem was something so simple, and extremely relieved to see him calm and comfortable. Again, thank you for your prayers.

Furthermore, an echocardiogram of his heart performed this morning showed he is beginning to have blood flow through his superior vena cava (ie clot spot!). It sounds like it is only partial flow at this time so they have still said they will discuss the possibility of the cath lab on Monday, but obviously the medicine has at least partially worked!

So far they have not replaced his arterial line. They want to hold off unless it's truly needed. Right now his vital signs are stable and his lab results are steadily improving from where they were at this morning.

"Let everything that has breath praise the Lord." Psalm 150:6