Hi all, sorry for the lack of updates - it's been rather hectic the last few days. Jonathan's doing well, though taken a few small steps backwards. Over the last few days, they increased his feeds up to 60ml every 3 hours, but today had to reduce it to 20ml because he seems to be having trouble breathing.
His breaths are quick and shallow, which doesn't do the levels of oxygen saturation in his blood any good. They think it could be because of increased fluid that his body needs to process, which is why they reduced his feeds, and also put him back on the diuretic.
They also suggested it might be because his heart is positioned towards the right of his body, so might be compressing one of his lungs - which is a bit more of a concern - but they're not sure of that yet. He's also on antibiotics just in case it's an infection that's causing him the breathing problem.
But despite all this, he's still being a very happy and handsome baby. We look forward to spending more time with him tomorrow!
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