Carter has been restful today being on the ventilator. He is on a setting called CMV which is a controlled mechanical ventilation. In this mode he gets a preset number of fixed-volume breaths. He appears pretty comfortable with this right now. Dr. Raj advised us that they will also be doing a repeart echocardiogram in the morning to take a look at the PDA. He said that the harshness of the murmur has not changed but since Carter still appears to have some fluid in the lungs they want to rule out the possibility that the PDA is the cause. They have also stopped his feeds for now because he had a high residual in his stomach when they have checked that past couple of times. His belly is still nice and soft but he has not gone #2 in about 3 or 4 days so they want to give his GI tract a rest. He is off of his phototherapy again so he is getting to see the blurry world around him for the time being. Once we get past this fluid issue hopefully we will start to see some better progress on his lung function.
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ReplyDeleteHe looks like he is growing and getting stronger each day! God Bless you little one.
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ReplyDeleteWhat a perfect angel! Rest and grow Carter, we love you!
ReplyDeleteWe all keep little Carter in our thoughts and prayers. And preemie steps is just what he needs to take and he is making progress. You guys keep your spirits up!!
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