Imaging updates

(Original appeared April 23, 2016)

The good news: His chest xray showed much improvement in his lungs. Things are clearing due to the treatments. The odd thing is that his oxygen levels are not the best and so we are still trying to find that sweet spot with the vent.

The pretty good news: his heart echo showed improvement with his PDA (the “hole” in his heart) and that it’s closing up, but not yet closed. We will continue to monitor it. They seem optimistic that it will close the rest of the way over time.

The bad news: While his head ultrasound did not indicate any new bleeding in his brain, it did show that the existing blood is not being reabsorbed as we would like. They will scan him again next week and if it does not improve they may have do some procedures. The longer it fails to be reabsorbed the more likely the clots and more likely brain tissue damage could occur.

Deb and I are taken aback by the public prayers for our family AND by stories of your private prayers too. Thank you!