Thankful for small steps

Small steps in the right direction....I am so thankful for them. Today Benjamin had another x-ray. Finally his intestine looked smaller then yesterday. Praise God. I've attached an x-ray picture from his x-ray yesterday. You can see how swollen his intestines are, especially on his right side. His tummy has gotten a bit bigger again, but its fluid build up. Hopefully over the next couple days he'll be able to get rid of some of that fluid. Benjamin seemed a lot more comfortable today. He could even rest on his right side, which had been causing him so much pain the last few days. He is on the lowest settings on the oscillator so the nurse said the next step in to either switch to a conventional ventilator or extubate. Yay. We still don't know if Benjamin will need surgery. Once everything settles out and he starts eating again they'll asses how his intestine handles food. No one knows right now how much damage has been done. Pray that he will fully heal and not need surgery. We are so thankful for all the prayers from everyone who knows and especially from those who don't know us. I know Benjamin has quite the following on here and we appreciate every prayer said.