PICU Update 11-6-06

Nate had an OK day today. He took a mid-morning nap but is still WAY behind on his sleep. It is still very hard to hear any airflow in his left lung and we continue the breathing treatments and CPT to help break up the plug. Tomorrow they will take another chest x-ray and we’ll have a better idea of how the left lung looks. He seems to be coughing more than normal so hopefully that is a sign that he is getting some of the secretions up and out.

He was very tired and cranky when we left the PICU this evening. He had labored breathing and his heart rate was higher than normal. We hope that it is just due to the fact that he was extremely tired and not something more serious. He had been fighting going to sleep for over an hour and could hardly stay awake during Veggie Tales.

Once again, we THANK YOU for your prayers, your support, your phone calls, your e-mails, your messages and your visits to the PICU. Nate, Jen and I are very lucky to have such a great support system and we hope all of you realize how much we appreciate it!