one hard day

"Then call upon me in time of distress; I will rescue you, and you shall glorify me." Psalms 50:15

I know I've already used this verse, but it seems to fit perfectly tonight. Our little man had a rough one today; actually he's had a rough couple days/nights. It seems that an infection has set in and causing him some respiratory issues. So far, he's had two blood cultures come back positive--forcing them to pull out his PICC line (central IV line) because the doctors believe this was the source of the infection; he's on a high power antibiotic, Vancomycin, which causes him to have low urine output. He will be started on Dopamine again---which means they will have to hold his feedings. So, please pray for his urine output to increase so he can get off the dopamine and restart on feeds!!

When I got to the hospital today, the nurse looked at me with that certain look that I could tell something wasn't quite right; it seems his blood gases were not good last night--his blood was acidic, meaning he was not exhaling the CO2 and unable to get enough O2 into his tissues; they figure this was due to the pulmonary edema or fluid buildup in his lungs---lastn night and today he was requiring 80-100% oxygen through the ventilator--in previous days he was only requiring about 35-45% oxygen, so this is a huge jump in the wrong direction! The edema was treated with a diuretic called Lasix yesterday, which worked, however when given today, his urine output did not increase. So now, although he is swollen everywhere the doctors believe he is actually "dehydrated" and the fluid is "stuck" in his tissues, not his bloodstream. They also believe the sepsis (infection) is causing the poor pulmonary status...so the key here is to get rid of the infection!!!! We need prayers to rid Coy of this infection!! Please beg God for this!!

I also walked in to see the nurses attempting to start an IV on Coy--since the PICC line had to come out, peripheral IVs will have to be restarted daily; I know this is required, it just pains me to see him stuck so many times....

good news occurred later this afternoon...his blood gases improved! God did hear our prayers! His levels seemed to get much better---they changed his ventilator settings (I wont get into that because it can be very complicated) and he seemed to tolerate it so far...please pray for Coy to continue to have good blood gases....

Some specific prayer requests for Coy: that his antibiotics cure this infection and that he stays infection free the remainder of his stay in the NICU; that his PDA is closed; the the edema is removed from his lungs/ body; that his urine output increases; that his oxygen requirement decreases; that his blood gases remain good; that he is pain free and comfortable; please beg God for these things!!! Coy needs your prayers!!

I feel like our faith is being tested/strengthened; we know God is there and hearing our prayers, we believe it; we are just desperate for our son; God please rescue him from illness...please...