Another stable day

Kale had another stable day today, so no complaints here! He had a blood gas this morning at 4am, and it was right on target so they are not doing another one until 4am Friday morning. Kale has a big few hours ahead of him. At 2am they are going to change his vent settings to 50 breaths per minute. This is down from the 55 bpm that he is at now. They are also changing his vent out of the assist mode. This means that when Kale initiates a breath on his own the vent will not kick in anymore to help him. This will allow him to build up some stamina and build his diaphragm and lungs. We're really hoping that he does well with this and can stay on this vent. We have been able to hold him every day for a week now, and it's absolutely fantastic.

The only other news from today is that his sodium and potassium levels looked better, so they have been able to ween him down a little on what they were giving him to supplement this. He gained A LOT of weight today. He was up to 2 lbs. 12 oz. That's an increase of 4 oz. overnight. I'm thinking he will probably drop tomorrow from either the Dr. giving him some Diurel or he'll have some dirty diapers (he didn't have his normal 2pm 3 diaper mess today).

Other than those things, there really wasn't much to report from today. We appreciate you checking in and ask that you pray for a successful effort on these new vent settings for Kale. We'll let you know how it goes!