Please continue to pray for our little boy. He's doing well, but I do not believe he will really be able to breathe comfortably and slowly and entirely on his own until the PDA in his heart closes. The doctors still feel confident that it will close on its own, but we do not know how long it will take.
We still pray everyday that he will be able to take a bottle, but more often than not, he is breathing too fast to even try (his breathing rate needs to be slower than 70). When he does get a bottle, though, he does very well, and seems to enjoy it.
Thank you for your prayers and have a wonderfully blessed New Year!
Praying for you and your Family may God hold you all in his hands
ReplyDeleteHey Bethany ... Bethany here. :) I just popped over here from another blog. I haven't read much of your journey, but I wanted to tell you my daughter was born with a PDA and a small VSD. Our NICU doctors wanted her kept on 100% oxygen (using an oxy hood) until her PDA closed. It did indeed close by day 3 or 4 and I have always wondered if their 100% oxygen theory was right on. I just wanted to mention it to you ... I am not sure the percentage of O2 that your son is on, but it might be worth the try to see what happens? He sure is a cutie!
ReplyDeleteOne other thing ... I am the mother of two kids with Down syndrome, so I know a lot about heart defects. Many of my friends kids also had/have heart defects. Anyway ... I wanted to tell you that many kids go home breathing well on their own, even with an open PDA. Usually they will want to coil it at some point, but stay positive that it could happen. :)
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