January 4, 2009

Well, it has been a long week for little Vann. After 5 good days, we knew that a bad one was coming. They began treating Vann for a couple of different infections as they could tell he wasn't feeling good. His blood pressure was really low, which wasn't allowing his kidneys to work efficiently and causing him to hold on to a lot of fluid. As you can see in the picture below, the little guy is quite puffy.

After some antibiotics and some rest, Vann began to turn the corner yesterday and had a really good day. He is urinating extremely well, and all of his numbers are getting back where they need to be. He is back on the conventional ventilator and the doctors are hoping by the end of the week he will be on the C-PAP (allows him to breath on his own). They are also hoping to start his feedings again in the next few days!

The big news of this week, besides the fact Vann is feeling much better, is he has moved into bigger diapers, YEAH!!!