Baby steps

We continue to make small steps in the right direction. Mason is tolerating the conventional vent and they have been able to wean down on his pressures. By tomorrow morning at 6 a.m. he should be off of the nitric oxide that was helping him with his pulmonary hypertension. They are adding on another diuretic (diamox) to help with everything as well. Recently he has been getting the hiccups A LOT and it really makes him mad. The plan is to schedule a MRI early this week to check the status of his ventriculitis to see if it is safe to take him off of the meropinum and vancomycin. The surgeon on call this weekend ordered glycerin chips to help stimulate a bowel movement and it worked so we will see if they give the go ahead to start back feeds tomorrow. All in all Mason continues to make baby steps towards good progress and we are SO thankful he is moving in the right direction! He has allowed us to continue to see light even in the darkest moments for we learn the most when we are in the valley. John 8:12 Jesus said, "I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life."

We have been so blessed by people who have offered to help give me days and who have offered to help us in other ways. One of Josh's good friends from high school, Jen Denis has set up a site to help raise money. We greatly appreciate her taking the time to do this.  God is truly going to get us through this time of need. The link to the site she created is: www.indiegogo.com/babymason. Most importantly we continue to need your prayers of healing for our little boy. He has fought so hard through all of this with God being with him every step of the way and we have faith that he is going to make it through it and surprise them all!