day of life--42

"I call to you, God, and you save me. Even if I cry out in distress evening, morning, and noon, you will never fail to hear my voice." Psalm 55: 16-17

We are really in need of your prayers today....
The doctors think they have identified the cause of the infection...they say it's a bug called serratia, a gram negative organism growing in Coy's lungs...this bacteria is only found in hospitals...so unfortunately there is no way to go back in time and track where it came from, but it is unfortunate that Coy has it (I personally feel there is some correlation between the bacteria that presented in his lungs two days after he was re-intubated; and my google search confirms my thoughts; the doctors however wont say this...)...according to the Infection Disease doctors (yes, they're back) it can be very bad if found in the blood stream...so far all blood cultures have been negative...please continue to pray that the antibiotics treat & destroy this bacteria in Coy, pray that Coy stays infection free for the remainder of his stay in the NICU...

When I saw Coy today, I fell in love again! I walked in and lifted the blanket covering his isolette and he was waiting there for me, his eyes both wide open...his beautiful blue eyes, he was just looking and blinking and looking and blinking...so precious...
He was active again, which is such a good thing to see!

Coy had two really good blood gases this morning, so they were able to wean down on the ventilator some...please pray this continues! We need to get off the ventilator ASAP to prevent future lung damage...even Dr. Doomsday (that's not his real name, I just call him that) says the sooner we can get off the vent, the better chance that we wont have "severe lung damage which leads to severe brain damage..." He then always goes on to tell us how high the "morbidity and mortality" rate is among babies who have repeat infections....thanks, just what a crying mother wants to hear...

We did have a "greys anatomy" moment today...the Infectious Disease resident had to present Coy's case to his attending and 2 other residents...when the resident came to examine Coy and look through his chart he said "Wow, I've never examined a baby in an incubator before..." RED FLAG...the words "I have never..." are not good for a doctor to say to a patient or family member...after the Attending doctor asked this resident what he found on exam (of Coy) the resident responded, "I found a very small baby." And he was serious...we all started laughing...poor resident, he might need to repeat a few classes...he then went on to ask me if Coy was the name of the isolette or the name of the baby....hmmm....

Please continue to pray against this infection! Pray that the antibiotics contain this bug and it does not spread to the bloodstream! Pray for Coy's respiratory function to improve! Pray for him to tolerate all his feeds when started again!