Rollercoaster

Yesterday was a good day...but after we left last night Benjamin started having apnea spells. One to the point where the nurses needed to bag him. So he was intubated again. He was on a conventional ventilator at first, but his blood gases were still off so they had to switch him to another high frequency ventilator called the jet. I was so disappointed to get that phone call at 4am. The doctors don't really seem to know why he was having so much trouble breathing on his own all of a sudden. They did an x-ray and did see the upper lobe in one of his lungs was partially collapsed, but they didn't think this would be causing him such an issue. The nurse mentioned a small "spot" on his lung. They suctioned him this afternoon and got some thick yellow mucous out so this is a good indicator that something respiratory is going on. Hopefully the antibiotics he is on will help clear that up quickly. The doctor also put him on a bit of morphine because he seemed a bit uncomfortable.

The surgeon also came in a took a peak at Benjamin. She thought his tummy was still the same as the previous few days, so that is good. She feels that what is going on right now is not related to his bowel issues. So that is good. She said as soon as he is feeling better she'll take him to the OR and operate. Hopefully that can still be this week or next week. Pray that whatever is going on in his little body will clear up quickly and we can continue to move forward.