Logan is getting another shot at life off the ventilator. They are looking at extubating him tomorrow (after 3 days of trying to decide). He is on the lowest settings he can be on his vent and the tube seems to be causing a lot of problems for him. The nurses think it is gagging him and causing him to drop his oxygen saturation and heart rate more than normal. We will see when he gets onto the SiPAP. He got another blood transfusion today - number 13. We're hoping that is the last one as he will be able to start getting a drug to help his body create its own blood. He is also getting checked out for infection again because his white blood cell count was high again. Hopefully he is still infection-free! A second eye test is planned for tomorrow morning. It probaly won't show anything yet, but they will do the tests weekly until they are able to see something (or nothing if we are lucky!). He is up to 8 mL on is feedings which is the most they can feed him until he gains some weight. As of Monday night, he was down to 780 grams or about 1 pound 11 ounces. Gaining weight is really his biggest challenge. He's good at eating and cuddling...it's everything else that is hard for him! Mom got to hold him again last night for about 3 hours. He does amazingly well while kangarooing - and it is good for Mom's spirits as well!
For now, we could use the extra prayers that we have seen the last of the ventilator. That would be one big obstacle out of little Logan's way.
Thanks for the love,
Meghann, Lance and Logan