Daddy Log Thursday– March 27The next morning Dr Blayney (who is also known as Leo Burke) encouraged us that this would only be a minor set back and that the good news was that his murmur had closed (but they often closed and then reopened). When the surgeons looked at the x-rays though, they confirmed that there was free-air outside his bowels, meaning that there was a perforation somewhere. They felt that Jonah was too small for surgery so they cut an incision and installed a tube to drain the air and other nasty things that may have escaped his bowels that could cause infection. They did this and gave him some new antibiotics (infection was a big concern). They also recommended a PICC line for the IV so that they would have to prick him less and that he could get lots of nutrients though a consistent line. Parents stressed. After all this they kept going with x-rays which showed that the drain was working. Though all of this Jonah remained quite stable. They even lowered the rated of ventilation from 50 to 45 bpm because he was doing so well. His murmur was still absent.
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