Hard Day for Hunter

This experience with Hunter is definitely a ride full of ups and downs. Yesterday we had some great ups. Unfortunately, nearly all of the good things from yesterday have been taken away.

First thing this morning Hunter was doing fine. They had to turn his oxygen up a little bit overnight but that's not a big deal.

Around lunch time we received a call from Hunter's doctor. She said that he has been requiring pretty high settings on his ventilator. She had become concerned that they were using too aggressive of settings and that it was going to harm his lungs. Because of this they decided to switch him back to the oscillator. This was very upsetting because yesterday he had seemed to be doing so well and this wiped away most of the progress he made. She also said that the damage done to his lungs was going to slow his recovery and keep him on the very machines that are hurting him for even longer.

Fast forward another hour for an additional bummer. The doctor calls back. Shortly after our first conversation Hunter received an X-ray. On top of everything else, his X-ray showed that the PIE (Baby Emphysema) from several days ago is back! Now he's in a tough situation where the machine he is currently on is causing the PIE. He had already stopped responding to the machine they were using to treat the PIE so they are reluctant to put him back on that one. It's all very confusing. If I understand everything correctly they will be keeping him on the oscillator for now, but just lowering the settings and seeing if he will cope with it.

It's hard to believe that all of this has happened over only two and a half weeks.

Also, since our camera is broken we will not be able to post pictures. Sorry :(

Update: Hunter's blood tests have been consistently getting better since 11am. Hooray.
The camera is only partly broken now, it just doesn't zoom any more. I've posted a picture for today.