Friday showed more deterioration in Jonah’s condition. It turns out that by lying him on his left side, it caused his left lung to collapse. This on top of the development of PIE in his right lung along with the general immaturity of his lungs (RDS) was causing him grief. He was on 75-100% O2 and his pH was falling and CO2 levels increasing. Friday night, Dr. Bad News told us that if we saw him in our room it was a bad sign. I saw him in the hall later that night and he said that Jonah’s condition was still falling and that they would do a transfusion and then another blood gas. He said that we might see him in our room after that.
The night passed without seeing him but his condition was still grave. Rebecca came in and said she was very concerned. She had been worried that she may not have been able to make it in time to see him. He was very close to the edge.
Dr. Nimrod come in to check Lez and when he heard that Jonah had a rough night he said that Lez should stay at the hospital (she had been scheduled for discharge) so she could be close to him. He also saw my Bible open on my cot and asked "what is the Word for today". We told him that we had been relating to Job. He told us not to lose faith and to keep praying.
That afternoon, Jonah’s condition improved. He was put on a new ventilator and he immediately responded. Jeannette was his nurse that day and watched his O2 drop to 20-30% and his blood gases do a complete turn around. She was pleased. X-rays showed some improvement. We slept well that night with a new sense of hope.
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