good news

Yesterday we had a little setback. Maverick's blood pressure and heart rate dropped. They did a heart echo and it showed an accumulation of blood behind the heart that his chest tube wasn't able to drain. They had to open the chest back up (his chest was still open - so they just had to remove the membrane covering) and drain the collection of blood. Dr. Mendeloff saw a couple areas of bleeding and put a few sutures in. He tolerated the entire procedure well, then he had a good night. This morning they did another echo on his heart while they turned the settings down low on the ecmo pump. His heart function was very good, so they are going to start weaning him from the ecmo pump today. He could be off as early as tomorrow! We are so encouraged. The doctors and nurses are very happy with his progress. On a lighter note - if you haven't seen the family in awhile, we had my talented friend Dejah Quinn take some pictures of us the week before Mav was born. Her blog is www.dejahquinnphotography.blogspot.com scroll down a little and you'll see the whole family - and the belly. Thank you all for your prayers - God is good! jc