Little Man

Maxton is still looking pretty good. He is obviously pretty swollen, right now mostly concentrated to his abdomen. They have been weaning his oxygen tonight and he is down to 73 (or was when I left). They will continue to wean throughout the night if Max's blood gases look okay. So far they have looked good and improved throughout the day today. By no means does this mean he is "out of the woods" but I am definately encouraged that they are able to wean some things. They have been giving him blood products because he is draining quite a bit through his chest tube and because he lost some during surgery. However, I think they are planning to stop/slow down because he blood pressure is getting a little too high. They are trying to keep it above 50 due to the potential for his pulmonary hypertension to worsen after the surgery. When I left it was running in the low 70s. I think they would prefer it to be in the mid-low 60s or high 50s. His heart rate was in the 130-140s. He was satting 100-100. His delta p was at 33-34 and his MAP was at 14.0. I am praying that he can keep this up for the next couple of days. I am so inspired by him and can't wait to scoop him up and giving him little kisses! Thanks for checking in on us.