Here are 2 updates from facebook this morning...
"Okay friends, I know you are praying as Joshua had a good night...reaching up to 93 and he survived a brief emergency....oscillating ventilator turned OFF briefly...they think from build up of water but they fixed it and restarted it ...he only dropped down to 80 and recovered quickly though not quite as high (miracle!) John and i are so glad we were not in the room when that happened...got a litt...le more sleep as he had awesome nurse Gynette who has worked with him alot and promised to get us if he declined. He has been at 90 the past 2 hours and HR and BP look good. His bloodwork looked a little improved. He is really needing to lose fluid as he is very edematous. Will see what Doctor says about chest X-ray...Please pray for Dr. B and his nurses Amanda and Christina today, and for healing of his lungs and body and continued improvement. Thank you all!"
"Hi all,
Joshua has developed a pneumothorax (literally "air in the chest"), because his left lung has a leak, and the lung is completely collapsed. However, his O2 sats remain at 91%, so the MD would like to insert a chest tube, which will drain off air and allow his lung to inflate again. Like any procedure, there is risk inherent, so we pray for him to tolerate it well, and it to make a differ...ence.
He remains very swollen throughout his body. His BP is also high and he is easily agitated with people messing with him, so we pray that he will feel no pain with the insertion of the chest tube.
Traci Adamson and I remain here with him. We are thankful for Traci's Mom, who has been sacrificing being up in MD to remain with the kids."
Joshua has developed a pneumothorax (literally "air in the chest"), because his left lung has a leak, and the lung is completely collapsed. However, his O2 sats remain at 91%, so the MD would like to insert a chest tube, which will drain off air and allow his lung to inflate again. Like any procedure, there is risk inherent, so we pray for him to tolerate it well, and it to make a differ...ence.
He remains very swollen throughout his body. His BP is also high and he is easily agitated with people messing with him, so we pray that he will feel no pain with the insertion of the chest tube.
Traci Adamson and I remain here with him. We are thankful for Traci's Mom, who has been sacrificing being up in MD to remain with the kids."
He is getting the tube inserted right now...please keep praying for him!
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