Feb 11, 2008

UGH!! Liam's last eye exam went perfectly. We are all shocked at how Liams eyes could have gone so bad in two weeks time. None of it makes any sense. The Dr. today didn't even have the same results as the last Dr who did the exam. It's hard to explain- but two weeks ago Liams growth was good but this week his growth isn't even the SAME as the last one. He lost growth in his vessels. How can you LOSE growth?? Liams Dr came in and apologized today because he said he was shocked and didn't understand it either so he wants to talk to the surgeon himself. It just doesn't make sense.

Anway- They have moved his surgery up to tomorrow (Tues) at 5:00 pm. He will quit his feeds in the morning and get 2 IV's and get reintubated. Praise the Lord that Liams lungs are great- as he should not need the vent for long. He will hopefully wake up and yank that sucker out!

Please pray with us that Liams eyes would not be too bad for repair- that he will have minimal scarring of his vessels and that all of the procedure will go well with quick healing.

Thank you for your posts of support! It means so much to my family to see your prayers and encouragements!

Feb 11, 2008

Well-
Liam has to have laser surgery on his eyes this Wed. Because of his prematurity- his blood vessels are not growing like they should and in order to keep vision in his eyes they need to do surgery right away. I'm frustrated.... Liam was going off the cannula tomorrow and now he will have to be reintubated on Wed for the surgery. He will be sedated and paralyzed and it will take 45 minutes to one hour for each eye to be done.

Please pray that there will be no complications, that the surgery would be a success and Liam would be able to get extubated quickly!

Liam nursed for the first time today- and was graduating to a big bed but I feel like we are stepping backwards again....

Please pray-

Feb 6, 2008

Still praising the Lord for Liam's progress... Liam is still only on 21% oxygen and they have now weaned the flow on his cannula from 2L to 1 1/2L. His weight gain is still slow but he is at least still gaining. We are up to 3 lbs 3 oz. Right now we are at a stand still and just waiting. Liam needs to grow and get stronger. He needs to get off the cannula and learn to eat on his own. We haven't tried that yet- learning to suck, swallow and breath is a big skill to aquire and hopefully soon he will be able to start trying it!
Prayers are for continued weight gain
Continued success with weaning the cannula
No setbacks or illness of any kind!
I would love to be home this month and with God all things are possible!

Thank you to all of you near and far and those I have never met who still believe in the power of prayer and lift Liam and our family up to the Lord!

Feb 2, 2008

We are thanking God again for His blessings- Liam has been on only 21% oxygen since my last post! The Dr. is very happy. Room air is 21% oxygen so that means Liam is breathing just what you and I do! He still has the cannula as his little body isn't ready to go off of it yet but he is doing really good! When I went in yesterday he had the cannula in his hand down by his chin and he was satting 95 and sound asleep. Which means he wasn't even using the cannula (breathing all on his own) and he was doing great! When I checked on him this morning his nurse said he didn't even desat last nite!!!

He still needs to gain weight. He is very slow at doing that so we need to see him gaining a good amount of grams per day. He is tolerating his feedings with the formula added to the breast milk really well so they will probably boost it by another two calories this next week making it 24 calories per ounce. He gets 26 cc per feeding which is just less than an ounce.

I am still praying for the earthly impossible which is getting home this month with Liam.... but we know with God all things are possible so we continue to pray for that. The hospital thinks is will be March as long as everything continues to go well. So- the prayers are for continues progress with his weight and strength, continued progress with his low 02, and no setbacks-illness,infection, etc...!!