Tuesday Night

Few steps forward....few steps back......
Well it has been an interesting day. First I will tell you that I got to HOLD JOSHUA! The nurse this morning couldn't help herself and actually held him at the beginning of her shift....but I got to hold him....I may not have been first....but we snuggled. ;-) He also had plenty of smiles to dish out to Auntie and Uncle today when they stopped by.
So to start the day:
*The Dopamine was stopped
*Feeds back up to 33 cc's
*Arterial line~GONE
*They were going to take him off of the Ativan and Dilaudid drip today but have since changed their minds.
*He was held for a while. Proceeded to puke mucus all day.
To wrap up the day: :-(
*Fever spiked again
*very urpy
*Low O2 sats
*high heart rate
*fast breathing
~*sigh*~

So what does this all mean? We are not too sure. Lynne (the fellow tonight~who, like the rest is fabulous) is determined to find answers. Chest x-ray, cultures of blood and urine, look at kidneys, basically the whole works. Looks like he will need to go on C-PAP for a while to help him breathe a little easier. Many times this is used between coming of the vent and breathing on their own. The hope is that he will rest most or all of the night and feel like a million bucks tomorrow! :) Realistically, we will take semi calm. He has been resting nicely since I got back from supper.

So now for the prayer request portion of the night :)

1) My dad saw the Dr today. They are going to start with radiation. Please pray that absolutely ALL of this cancer is contained in the tumor in his eye. We found out while this is a slow type of cancer (contained) if any of it metastasized than it is VERY aggressive and we wouldn't have much time left with him here.

2) Secondly, the baby that Joshua is sharing a room with and her family need lots of prayer. Baby is Sabrina, (Mom (Misty), dad (Ken) and 3 brothers (Shane, Shawn and Chase) Their baby is really struggling. She is about 6 weeks old it was determined today, on their wedding anniversary, that there is not much more that medicine can do for her. Please pray that they can find comfort in knowing the Lord has a plan for them and their baby and that they can find strength in Him to to handle all that they are going through. (So yes mom and dad...there was a reason that we had to share a room. I bring to them my optimism for life and living, I told Misty to love on her and build as many memories as you can in the precious time that you have AND of course to just pray for a miracle. Certainly a time of prayer over hope. For me it was reassurance that there is always a plan for the things that happen, even something as small as changing rooms, always a plan. It also puts me in check, that even with the severity of Joshua's issues, we are blessed there is confidence that he can heal and be "fixed".)

3) And of course a prayer for health for out little Joshua. He has certainly had ups and downs.
Love and blessings to you all. I will update tomorrow as we find out more.
Leah

**Update (already~Lynne likes to work fast :)) His lungs are very wet and are showing area's of collapse. They are setting him up on the C-PAP machine and increasing his diuretic. He is about 1/2 liter positive as far as fluid goes for the day. Probably not moving to the floor tomorrow.
This is from earlier today when he was sharing time with Auntie and Uncle.

This one is from right now (11 pm)