Little Spence

I spoke with Nurse Cyndi today and she said that he is being a bit of a stinker. He is all over the place on the rate for the Vent, he has been anywhere from 15 on his rate back up to 30. Spence's O2% is in the upper 30's - 40's range. Doctor Lal is becoming rather frustrated with our little Yo-Yo, they are hoping to get him off the Vent soon due to the increased damage to his lungs the longer he stays on it. They are planning to start him on another round of steroids as soon as he is done with his antibiotics, which will be on the 10th. The Doctor's and Nurse's are hopeful that since Spence had such a great response to the Steroids last time, that this round will be just as beneficial. Poor little Spence is a bit swollen with water weight due to the fact that preemies don't do well with extra fluids. They are going to start giving him a diuretic every other day to help get the water weight off. They have also taken an x-ray's of Spence's lungs today and they seem to be a bit cloudy. The cloudiness could be from one of two things, either his lungs are a bit wet or it could be showing the scarring of the lung due to the Vent. This is another reason why they are giving Spence the diuretic. Not only will it help with the water weight, but it will also help dry up the lungs if they are wet. Spence is doing well with his feedings, he is up to 8 cc's. Hopefully soon he will be off the Vent and than they can work on getting him used to eating out of a bottle. Thank you for your continued prayers on our behalf. We truly appreciate each and every one of you.