First, if you are looking for the great pics of Liam with his eyes open, this post will kick them off the front page of the blog. To find them, look over in the right column under the archives, and click on the "Liam and Mommy" link. That should take you right to them.
OK, now for the update. It's nearly 7 a.m. CST and Liam is awake and looking around. He is mainly breathing on his own, but is still on the vent. They did a chest X-ray around 5 a.m. and discovered he has some fluid on his lungs, so they continue to treat him with diuretics to get rid of that. He can't have fluid on his lungs when they extubate him. So, he will probably remain on the vent through the morning and early afternoon. Maybe we can get him off of it by this evening.
His nurse said not to worry--this is a normal thing that they see a lot post-surgery in cardiac babies (and no, having fluid on the lungs isn't the same as having pneumonia). He swelled up quite a bit yesterday afternoon, which is his body's immune system response to surgery, so they've already been treating him with diuretics. He looks much less puffy this morning, and she said since he's responded well to the diuretics so far, they expect that to continue. They were able to take his catheter out this morning (yahoo!), and when they let him try breathing on his own by putting him on a C-Pap overnight, he did great.
So, please continue to pray that he comes off the vent ASAP. I'll keep you posted!
In Christ,
Bill and Lisa
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I know progress is slower than you want, but sounds like there's lots of progress and that Liam is doing his best to get to those breasts! I'll pray without ceasing and keep checking in.
Karen
Lisa - been following your blog and Jelly Beans's journey for a while - just wanted you to know that thoughts and prayers are coming your way from afar.......Erika from Carolyn's Boards. Congrats and best wishes for continued healing for the both of you!
Wow, a lot has happened in the last two days!! Glad that the surgery went well and will pray that he is off of the vent soon.
By the way, dropped a package in the mail to you for Liam, you should have it near the end of the week :-)
We are so thankful that all continues to go well. Keeping you and Liam in our prayers!
Amy Beisel and Family
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