Another day...

Last night Rhys had a few bad gases and his oxygen was up again this morning, but the day nurse got him weaned back down to about 70%. Again, today was much the same as yesterday. The oscillator settings seem to mostly be staying put. A new doctor is on call now and we were told that even though Rhys' blood gases weren't completely holding steady she wanted to see what he could do on his own without tweaking. As we have mentioned before, Rhys doesn't seem to care for change, so this approach was interesting to us. His blood gases were good while we were there today, and he only had one minor change (for the good) right before we left. His head sores look a little better since he has his gel pillow and has been rotated consistently from his left to right side. Any sore/open wound is a concern since that is always a potential for infection so they are all taken seriously. I got to change his diaper again today and boy are his little legs skinny. He weighed in yesterday at 1 pound 14 ounces, though a lot of this weight is due to the fluids he has pumped into him. His little eyes are moving beneath his eyelids and you can tell he really wants to open them. Every once in a while you can see him raise his little eyebrow and I can imagine him blinking and squinting. Stability (relative to what we were dealing with earlier in the week) is great, but we are still praying for any improvement that will allow the doctors to address his PDA. We need continued forward progress to allow little man to get better.