Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Jayden update


They were able to pull Jayden off the ventilator last night, which was a really good thing. He was not very happy, and it was sad to see his silent cry, but they were eventually able to calm him down and make him more comfortable with some pain meds. Once they removed the ventilator, they put him on oxygen. Hopefully, they can wean him off that today.

Aside from the pain and keeping him comfortable, we are a little worried about his blood pressure. Initially, after the surgery, his blood pressure seem to be almost normal, but then started going up. They were giving him two different blood pressure medications intravenously, and were able to reduce it down to one. We were hoping that they were going to be able to wean him off of the one, but unfortunately they had to increase the dose, and will be adding the second medication again. They say that he will probably go home with blood pressure medication. Please pray for his blood pressure to go down. If he continues to make improvements, we might be able to go home on Thursday.

Thanks for all the prayers, kind love and support!

2 comments:

Alison Hall said...

Such great news! He (and you both) continue to be in our prayers. Wish we were closer to offer more help.

Keep us informed!

Lots of love!!!

Ruth and Chuck said...

Thanks for the update, hope the medication helps. You're in our prayers.