Mon. Jan 7 2008 7:50 am

Liams right lung collapsed down yesterday. He is back up on his vent settings. Please pray for him- his lungs need to get strong and allow him to breath with less requirements fromthe ventilator. Pray that his lungs would open up and stay open and strong. Pray he would recieve power and sustaining strength from our Sustainer!!

Jan 6, 2008 8:30 am

Liam has done wonderfully on his feeds this week! He is finally passing stools and his bowels sounds are finally there. His guts are finally passing out all of the meconium! If he continues to do well this week they will up the amount they give him next week and it will finally be considering "real feedings"!

There is controversy over how much to sedate Liam. Some think he needs to be sedated when possible and others think only when necessary. The problem is that when he is active he de-sats (his oxygen absoprtion goes down) and then they have to boost him with more O2. I don't want him too sedated tho because then he doesn't move as much and his lungs get filled with gunk which makes him de-sat too....

Prayer:
Please pray that Liams lungs would grow stronger and healthier and do the job that they were inteded to do! He needs to wean down on his vent! The longer he is ventilated the worse his lung tissue is damaged.

Pray his feedings would continue to progress beautifully!

Praise:
Thank you to all of you who still take the time to read the blog and check the specific prayer requests. And thank you to those of you who post and let me know you're there- even tho your anonymous! I love to read them. There is nothing better than being in the family of God with you all.

Jan 3, 2007 10:00 pm

Today I got to do "kangaroo care" with Liam. It was my first time to hold him! I don't realize how small he is until I am holding him. He did really well with me and I got to hold him for 30 minutes with skin to skin contact. You can't hold them too long because they lose body heat.



Liam also got to get breast milk for the first time today. It's a big deal for them. His tummy digested it and now it's up to his intestines to do their thing. Sometimes the feedings can be rough since their bodies aren't ready for food so the problems that can arise can prevent them from getting anymore.

Liam also did well on his oxygen requirements today.

So- many praises today that we have much to be thankful for!

Prayer:
That Liam's body would do amazingly well with his feeds!

That Liam's lungs would get stronger and healthier!

Jan 2, 2008 8:30 am

I am back at RMH for the next 30 days. I am so thankful to have this house here. If you ever want to help in any way- drop your change in your local McD's boxes at the drive throughs and inside. RMH runs on 80% donations. We get dinner meals usually fixed by volunteers. When we don't have volunteers we don't have meals.

Liam is back up on his vent settings from having a rough night. They tried to move him to cpap this week where he has to breath on his own but the vent still supplies pressure and he was not ready for that at all. Last night his arterial line (the iv in his arm) went out and he lost blood flow to his hand for a while. He was in a lot of pain with that and then his tube got clogged and he wasn't oxygenating right. It's hard to see such a little guy in pain. He scrunches his face and opens his mouth wide to cry but can't with his tube in his mouth. Maybe today they will introduce breast milk. I am on my way over now.

Prayer:
That Liams lungs would grow strong and mighty allowing continued decreases in his ventilator.

That Liam would adjust fantastically to being introduced to breast milk. It's a big deal for his body to finally get food into his gut.

That Liam would not be set back again by any infections, diseases or viruses.