Liam had some major setbacks this morning. His breathing is worse and the pressure in one of his lungs is too high - he is now in critical condition rather than stable. They did some tests on his heart and said it is structurally normal. They had to put him on 100% oxygen this morning which can be damaging to his lungs; he is back down to 70% but the Neonatologist said that's still too high. They also had to turn the ventilator back up and give him some medicine to relax him so he'd stop fighting the ventilator. They said he was stubborn and trying to do all the work rather than letting the vent do some of the work. The Neonatologist was actually in his room when we got to the NICU this afternoon (my OB never showed this morning so the nurse finally called and got permission for me to go - OB did come by after my NICU visit, though) and her (the neonatologist's) exact words were "He's now the sickest baby in here." I felt like the wind was knocked out of me hearing those words. The bright side is that all his blood gases continue to look really good - just have to get the breathing issues fixed.
Please keep praying for Liam to be strong through all this.
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