Hanging in there

Last night was pretty smooth, then today was kind of rough.  He had an episode where he dropped his blood pressure.  They did a heart echo, and things looked ok.  They replaced his left chest tube and placed a new arterial line in his left wrist.  He hasn't been able to wean any on his epi or milrinone.  They turned off the dopamine and increased the epi.  They are placing him on a lasix drip tonight to try to get some of the fluid off.  Two nights ago they drew blood cultures when he wasn't doing so well and they came back positive tonight (meaning he has an infection in his blood).  He's already on vancomycin and mirapentum (very strong antibiotics) (sp?) - they placed him on those the same night they did his cultures.  It's good he was already on them since he does have an infection - things could've been worse.  He hasn't been able to wean any on the ventilator today.  Maybe tomorrow will be better.  He'll be one month old on Sunday - it's hard to believe.  We have so many things to be thankful for, but sometimes it hard not to think about all the normal things we're missing (normal baby things, normal time with the kids, etc.).  Enjoy your normal things and your routines.  That's one thing I definitely won't take for granted after leaving here.  I am thankful he's still alive and fighting, and I'm thankful for all your thoughts and prayers.  Love you all - jc