Baby Anthony

another update from Anthony's Care Pages....

ANTHONY IS DOING WELL. HIS SWELLING HAS GONE DOWN TREMENDOUSLY. PRAISE GOD! HE IS PEEING AND POOPING SO MUCH. HE IS STILL ON THE VENTILATOR BUT THEY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO WEEN HIM DOWN SIGNIFICANTLY. HE HAS HAD SOME EPISODES WITH HIS HEART RATE AND OXYGEN LEVELS DROPPING BUT HE HAS RECOVERED FAIRLY QUICKLY. LAST NIGHT, THEY HAD TO CHANGE THE TUBE IN HIS LUNGS BECAUSE THE DOCTOR BELIEVED THE TUBE IN THERE WAS TOO SMALL SINCE HE IS GROWING AND WAS CAUSING HIS OXYGEN LEVEL TO DROP. IT SEEMS TO BE WORKING SINCE THEY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO WEEN HIM EVEN MORE AND HAS HAD NO SIGNIFICANT EPISODES.

THE DOCTORS WERE CONCERNED ABOUT HIM HAVING ANOTHER INFECTION SINCE THEY DETECTED SOME BACTERIA IN THE SECRETIONS FROM THE TUBE IN HIS LUNGS AND ALSO ABOUT A URINARY INFECTION, THEREFORE, THEY HAVE STARTED HIM ON DIFFERENT ANTIBIOTICS.

ANTHONY IS UP TO 13 CC'S OF BREASTMILK EVERY 3 HOURS. THEY ARE ADDING A FORTIFIER TO THE BREASTMILK THAT WILL ADD NECESSARY CALORIES AND CALCIUM TO HELP HIM GROW FASTER. THEY ARE INCREASING THE QUANTITY OF BREASTMILK BY 1 CC EVERY 12 HOURS. HE CONTINUES TO TOLERATE IT WELL.

HIS ARM IS GETTING BETTER. IT IS HEALING WELL FROM THE CHEMICAL BURN. WE NOTICED THAT HE WAS NOT MOVING HIS HAND AND FINGERS AND DISCUSSED IT WITH THE DOCTORS. SO, THEY HAVE PLACED A SPLINT ON HIS HAND SO HE KEEPS IT IN A NEUTRAL POSITION AND HAVE STARTED DOING PHYSICAL THERAPY TO REGAIN MOVEMENT OF HIS FINGERS AND HAND. THE DOCTORS HAVE SAID THAT IT MIGHT BE PAINFUL OR IF THERE WAS DAMAGE TO THE NERVES THAT THEY SHOULD REGENERATE WITH TIME.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRAYERS! PLEASE CONTINUE TO PRAY FOR ANTHONY'S HEALTH. SPECIFICALLY HIS LUNGS, THAT HE GET OFF THE VENTILATOR, HIS LEFT ARM AND THAT HE REGAIN MOVEMENT IN HIS HAND AND FINGERS AND THAT IF THERE IS AN INFECTION THAT IT GO AWAY.

PRAISE GOD FOR HEARING AND RESPONDING TO OUR PRAYERS!