Getting Stronger

The little guy is definitely getting stronger. His oxygen and blood pressure continue to be stable. He is really moving a lot these past couple of days. I love to see him stretch out his legs and arms which tells us he is continuing his development and getting stronger every day.

I was able to hold him again last night. He is so amazing and so tiny all at the same time. The new PICC line was providing dopamine for his blood pressure, which is basically normal and lipids to help him get nutrition. Well... while I was holding him, one of the machines that push the lipids was alarming, telling the nurse that the pressure was not able to push the appropriate amount through the PICC line. Initially the nurses thought that when they moved him into my arms that one of the tubes kinked but after looking at all the tubes, no kink was visible. Once they moved him back into his isolette, they checked his all his lines for a kink or blockage and nothing was found so they re-bandaged his leg where the PICC line enters into his vein and tried flushing the line and still, no success. So at this time they determined that the PICC line went bad. The PICC line is just slightly bigger than a human hair, so as you can imagine, it does not take much to get stopped up. They removed it and tried 2 other locations to reinsert the PICC line with no success. Today he has a regular IV in his arm, which is a temporary fix. The will try the PICC line again tomorrow or Tuesday.

Will is also on day 3 of a 5 day regimen of steriods or hydrocortisone. Once the 5 days are over he will be able to start back on his trophic feedings of breastmilk, which is very important to get his digestive system working and for him to start to gain weight.

Please continue to keep him in your thoughts and prayers as the PICC line is necessary for the long term care he will need over the next few months.