Jonathan was scanned by the cardiologist again today (Tracy nearly took out the cardiologist with Jonathan's gargantuan mobile while she tried to remove it from the cot), who found that there was quite a lot of blood flowing into his lungs (not into the part where the air should go, but the part where the blood should be). They think this might be one of the pieces of his breathing puzzle, so they've put him back on the diuretics as they should help with circulation. The diuretics will take a few days to have full effect, but hopefully we'll start seeing an improvement tomorrow.
We're relieved that they are making progress in finding out what's going on, as Tracy said she has never seen his breathing as laboured as it had been today, and we'd be particularly worried if they weren't able to to do anything. They had him on oxygen again this afternoon which helped a little with his saturations.
They'll continue to investigate his breathing over the next few days. One of the things they're doing tonight is monitoring his CO2 levels while he sleeps, which should give them a better idea how his lungs operate.
Today is actually the last day Tracy's mum spends with us before flying back to Sydney in the morning. I'm sure Jonathan will miss all the hugs and Chinese lessons (and we'll miss all the food)!
Thanks to all the grandparents and non-grandparents that have been keeping Jonathan in their thoughts and prayers!
3 comments:
Take special care of yourself.
love the updates and the photos, beautiful as ever
just remember, i'm volunteering my sister's cooking and washing up services once your mum goes! little hugs to jonathan and big hugs to you guys xx
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