Prayers Needed Please!

Morning Check-In
-His rate was at 50...down a little from last night which is great!  PRAISE!
-His oxygen was at 70% which is up a little from last night but when they adjust the rate and other readings...it can have an affect on his oxygen.
-Still doing well on his feedings---we are actually having 4 CCs every 3 hours...NOT every 4 hours.
-Overall---he was having a good morning!  PRAISE!!

Daddy's Visit
-Daddy took Aric to visit Colby at lunch and Colby's SATs were not doing very well so they had to bump his oxygen up to 80%.

Mommy's Visit
-Mommy took Laura to visit Colby later in the afternoon.

-Talked with the doctor and here were some updates that she went over with me:
-His spinal fluid test that came back positive was checked again twice since that first result and      both of those were negative so the doctor wanted to continue with the original plan of ceasing the
antibiotics.  So the two they started last night and the two he was already on have been stopped.
They will do another spinal tap and test the fluid in two days---if it is positive then they will put
him back on the antibiotics but at least they will know for sure.  But the doctor seemed to feel that
the test will come back negative.  PRAYER---Please pray that the test they do in two days comes
back negative for infection.

 -They are concerned about his head growth right now.  They have been measuring his head circumference each day and are now a little worried about what they are seeing.  They don't want his head growing more than 1 cm in a 7 day period and Colby's has done this.  A possible reason for this would be that his head bleed is blocking the spinal fluid from draining out correctly.  If that is the case we would be looking at a trip to Children's Hospital and Colby would have a shunt put in.  From what I understand---this is a tube that goes from his head through his body down to empty in his stomach.  They are also concerned about the shadow/cyst that has been showing up on his ultrasound. PRAYER---That Colby's head slows down with it's growth to a normal rate, that the bleed he has is not blocking any of the spinal fluid from being moved around the body like it is supposed to.  Please pray that God heals Colby's little head so he won't have to have surgery and there won't be any long term damage.

-Another issue was his blood hematocrit---Colby's was a little low and so was his blood pressure so they decided to give him some blood a couple days ago.  This has helped his blood pressure wonderfully but his hematocrit isn't rising as well.  The doctor wants to keep an eye on this because she isn't sure where the blood would be going.  We want to make sure he isn't bleeding somewhere.
PRAYER--that his levels look right on this next test and that Colby isn't bleeding anywhere.

-The doctor told us that she only comes in every 2 weeks so she was able to see some good progress from the last time she was in.  Last time she was there he was having skin issues, he was still on the oscillating ventilator, and he didn't have near as much hair as he does now! :)  She also mentioned that she would like to get his numbers on his ventilator down a little but since we still had some wiggle room if we needed to move up. She was pleased at seeing these baby steps and did encourage us to celebrate those! PRAISE---We celebrate each of these wonderful baby steps we have come across!  They keep our spirits high!

-While Mommy and Laura were there---Colby got his oxygen SATs in the high 90s---even reaching 100 a few times!  Colby sure does love his Mommy!

We will be calling to check on him in about an hour and we will add another update to see how things are going for this evening.

We have been so fortunate to have had such really good days for the last couple of weeks.  There is no doubt that God has blessed us.  Please join us in praying for these specific things along with overall health and strength for our baby boy.  We have been so blessed to have all of you as prayer warriors and we just ask that you continue your prayers!

Thank you and God Bless!
Brie