When we left last night we were very encouraged by results we were seeing from the procedure he had had to widen the hole in his heart. However, when we got here this morning, we learned that his oxygen levels have slowly declined all night and continued to drop all day.
He had left the PICU and was moved to a "step down" room, but since his levels kept going down they had to move him back because they are trying a new procedure to help raise his oxygen levels. So, starting in just a few minutes they are going to be putting a "pic" in him (which is like a really long IV that goes from his foot to his heart) and they will give him proglastins which should open a duct between the two sides of his heart. This duct usually closes shortly sometime after birth and they will be giving him this medicine to help open it back up. (His is not all the way closed yet.) We are hoping this works to stabilize him for a few days so that he can have a few more days until his surgery. We still aren't sure when he will have his surgery... but the doctor has said that it will be some time this week.
Please continue to keep Josiah in your prayers. Please pray that his oxygen levels will rise and stabilize.
We've finally got some pictures up. You can see them at http://picasaweb.google.com/ng.mangine/JosiahAtDuke
