I was hoping by today to post no news or good news, but unfortunately
Ethan has been struggling for the last two days. Monday his oxygenation started decreasing and he was struggling with what appeared to be abdominal pain. His white blood cell count was also elevated (sign of infection), but he had no fever. All the tests were coming back fine. Today he is continuing to struggle. His oxygens sats are even lower and his white blood cell count is really HIGH! He spiked a fever last night. They have tested everything they can think of. About half the results have comeback so far and they are negative.
Ethan has been on antibiotics since last night but has continued to struggle with breathing. His chest and abdonminal x-rays look good. They also looked at his heart today. The function looks good, but there is a little bit of concern over a small collateral vessel that might be decreasing the amount of blood flowing to his lungs. But they say that is not the main problem. They will watch it closely though. They think the supposed infection is the true cause of his respiratory distress and lower oxygenation. I guess what all this means is PRAYERS PLEASE!
2 comments:
Oh my, he looked so well when we saw him last week. We are praying, I hope they find out what is wrong very soon. we have never had that problem with Lily, but with my second son, I have heard it very often, "we don't know what it is."
It is always a sickning statement.
Sending you hugs.
Jenna and Lilyana
We will definately keep him in our prayers. How scary and frustrating for you, I'm sorry! I hope the doctors will be able to figure out what the issue is and help him feel better soon.
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