Gabriel has continued to stabilize. He has done well the past two nights. The doctors decided today they wanted to start weaning him from ECMO (or reduce the amount of support from the machine). The max setting is 390. They need him to be at a level of 150-200 for surgery. This morning his doctor decided to drop the level by 10 and see how he tolerated it. He has done well, so this afternoon they elected to drop by units of 10 every hour and monitor his progress.
We were with him this afternoon and he tried opening his eyes. Obviously we were very excited, as we have not yet seen him with eyes open. A typical side-effect of the ECMO is swelling, and his is worse on the left. He cracked open his right eye, and we were very excited. We know there are so many praying for us and for Gabriel and it is working. Thanks to everyone for your support.
Happy Birthday Gabriel!
14 years ago
3 comments:
Thanks for the blog page and for sharing Gaberiel's progress with us.
It's wonderful to see the pictures. Gabriel is a fine, beautiful boy.
I have the last picture of him as our screen saver so we can all see him as we keep him in our thoughts and prayers.
Again, congratulations to you, Peg and Josh, on the birth of your new son. And congratulations, Justin and Kendrick-on the birth of your new brother.
How blessed Gabriel is to have you four as his family.
From,
Ann and Al
What a fighter you have! We're sending you lots of prayers and well wishes from Texas. Thank you for creating the blog to keep everyone posted on Gabriel's progress. We will pray that we keep reading about his continued improvement. All our best, Wittmer Family...
Gabe is so beautiful! We will continue praying for him as well as your whole family. I know this is tuff.
We love you all very much. Have faith.
Aunt Gail, and Uncle Dave
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