Yesterday when I got to the hospital in the afternoon the doctor was by Jay's bedside along with the respiratory therapist and the nurse. This is never a good sign. It seems that when he drops down on his oxygen he's having a hard time coming back up. Yesterday they actually had to bag him which means that he gets breaths from a manual pump. It's a scary thing to see but something that happens often in the NICU.

His lungs are still very wet. I was hoping this would clear after the PDA ligation but they are just too underdeveloped. So they are continuing with the lasix (a drug to treat excessive fluid) Hopefully today's xray will show some improvement.

Last night when I went back to the hospital they had raised his rates on the ventilator. According to the doctor they feel that they may have weaned too fast for his small lungs which is something they do as long as the blood gasses come back fine. Last night they chose to hold him at his rates. He seemed so much more peaceful last night.

In good news it looks like his heart is doing fine after the surgery. And his blood pressure numbers are consistently normal. He's also accepting the milk and digesting it. So we're happy about that.