Day 17 of Life - July 5th

Sha was re-intubated today with a larger air tube, as he had outgrown his first one. As a result, some air was actually escaping, causing bubbles to come out of his mouth. They had to sedate him for this procedure, but his oxygen requirements decreased almost immediately. His requirements are still rather high (approx. 34%), but his PDA probably isn't helping the situation. This new tube will be much more efficient in keeping the oxygen where it's supposed to be.

The docs have decided to try Indomethacin again to close the PDA, but Ma got the impression that they didn't think that it would work. They will likely start this near the end of the week or early next week, when he is off the antibiotics for his infection. If it doesn't work, then the next option is surgery. The procedure for this is incredibly successful, especially for stable babies, but it does cause them stress. We will keep our fingers crossed that the Indomethacin works and surgery won't be necessary.

Sha is scheduled to have a head ultrasound tomorrow. They won't have official results for awhile, however, Ma has asked his doc this week if she can review the film with him. This will help put her mind at ease. So, hopefully, we will have some idea about what is going on with Sha's brain tomorrow.

Ma had her first follow-up appointment with her OB, Dr. M, today. As of yet, I don't have any information about how this appointment went, but if there's anything important, I will update you as soon as I have the information. She has a follow-up appointment with Internal Medicine next week (I think), which will deal specifically with her blood pressure. As to her blood pressure, it's actually quite low right now, so she has stopped taking the one medication, as she has felt dizzy a couple of times. She was going to discuss this with Dr. M today.