Lourdes' head ultrasound "inconclusive"

Today I'm thankful for...
Cute and fun loving boys
Getting to go on a walk
Very caring and helpful friends
Going on a date with my wife
Lourdes doing better each day

Today Baby Lourdes surprised everyone with reducing her oxygen needs. Last night we were told that she keep having air accumulate in her chest wall and the chest tube was repositioned to try to relieve the pressure. This repositioning of the chest tube most likely is helping her to need less oxygen. Wow, some good news. To be followed by some less than good news.

Lourdes had a ultrasound done on her head to do a routine check for bleeding in the brain (not a good thing, but common in such premature infants). This ultrasound was inconclusive (which I now knows that nobody knows for sure but there's a possiblity that there could be a problem). They would re-test her brain in two more days. Let me tell you those were some very long two days.

Also, they doctors were concerned about Baby Lourdes' heart, and getting the hole between the two chambers to close properly. They began her on medications they will hopefully cause a closure of the ductus, but this is a strong medication and the dosage confused Lourdes' other body parts. We were told that it may take multiple dosages of the medication over the next 3 or 4 days to cause the closure. We had more praying to do.

Quite a big day in the NICU unit for our little strong girl, and the whole gravity of the situation wore on us emotionally. You learn quickly how much you rely on your loved ones for support in those times when you think you are emotionally spent.

In a funny way daily, if not hourly, I could feel my wife and I grow closer together propping eachother up when one of us was down. That can only be from a higher source?

Tough for us to vacate the NICU that night, but we keep reminding ourselves that Lourdes was just one day closer to being home!