unchartered waters...

"I wait in hope for You, Lord. You are my help and my shield. In you my heart rejoices, for I trust in your holy name." Psalm 33: 20-21

God gave me this verse this morning. I have read it several times throughout the day. I have been clinging to those words above. We are anxiously awaiting in hope for Coy's healing, for Coy to breathe without struggling.

Today seemed like one of those days when everything goes wrong; you know when you wake up on one of those days, you just have to put your "game face" on and deal with it...
So Coy had an okay night last night---we did discover that his CBC was abnormal showing signs of an infection. I had also noticed yesterday as I sat by his bedside that something "wasn't right". I had that motherly instinct---Coy is usually very active, moving all about in his little house; yesterday however he layed very still, laboring to breathe...I know my baby boy, he's a fighter, he gets fiesty when he's messed with---not yesterday, he just didn't have the energy and he didn't feel good--so as I anticipated, he does have an infection---blood, urine, and tracheal cultures were done---only time will tell what grows...please pray that Coy will become free of infection ASAP! Pray that the two antibiotics he is on will wipe this bug right out of his body...

Coy's lungs are still very wet; still have lots of fluid weighing them down preventing Coy from breathing easier--please pray for this fluid to resolve...good news today is another awesome doctor gave his expert opinion on Coy and his respiratory status, this doctor is highly educated and does lots of research in regards to steroids like hydrocortisone...he feels the dose Coy received for the past two days was no where close to what he needs---so today he ordered the proper dose...then again he tells us this is not well researched, they should work in Coy, but if not, they will try something else, he said "we are now in unchartered waters"...please pray that the steroid take effect in Coy 's body, that they will improve his respiratory function immediately! We need something to help our little peanut; he was between 80-100% oxygen today, this is very scary for us to see....where do you go after 100%?? the knob doesn't turn any further...

Coy's poor nurse today was working so hard for him; so hard for us. She had to draw so many labs on him, suction him, worry about him...pray for the nurses and doctors that work so hard for our little babies...so hard at trying everything they can; their brains always working, always thinking

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