Wednesday

Just a quick update today. Joshua is still the same. Dr B is going to read the echo results today from the echo that was taken yesterday. He said he was pleasantly surprised by what he saw and that it didn't appear to be as bad as expected. His "unhappy heart" # was 171. I gasped when I heard it since the # when he came in May was 14. They assured me that is a "low" #. A number of 600-800 would be more indicative of heart failure. He hasn't had much a fever but his heart rate is still fast. He did sleep for a good protion of last night in the 140's. Today sleeping has been in the 176-180 range. :( He was having some issues with a belly ache today but I think we now have that under control.
Last night was a long and emotionally difficult night. Please keep the Dawson family in your prayers. Last night they said goodbye to their little Sabrina and she went home to heaven. About 7 pm she started experiencing problems in her blood pressure and her rate rate plummeted to 40. They took her for an emergency CT scan because they suspected a brain bleed. That was not the case but she was at a point that they couldn't do anything for her anymore. They put her on a high dose of epi to keep her going while her family came in and held her. I spent the majority of the night here with the family helping with their 3 boys. At 4 am I spoke to Misty as she was going in to hold her baby for the last time while they took her off the ventilator. Their family has shown amazing strength through all of this and even though they knew it was coming they are heart broken. Please pray for peace, comfort and understanding while they process through all of this.
Blessings,
Leah