28 days old...

SPECIFIC PRAYER REQUEST... Pray for the equipment... machines, hardware, software, tubing, wires, etc. that are being used on Averi. Just as progress is being made, it seems that another equipment failure happens.

Averi's sats are currently in the 80s. They think something is partially blocking the ET tube. They've been avoiding changing it, but it looks like they may have to!

Continue to pray for Teresa, who now has a cough and sore throat. It's hard for her to be away from Averi and not getting first hand reports. That goes a lot like the game of telephone.

An ET Tube is a tube that is inserted into the baby's trachea down to just above where the lungs bifurcate. (So it doesn't actually go into the lungs...) The top of it sticks out of the baby's mouth and is attached to the ventilator.

Here's a diagram...


After intubation they usually use an x-ray to be sure the tube is placed in the correct spot.

Scratch that...

They just did another x-ray, and I guess the results of the x-ray were good, so they're saying that if she tolerates 150, they're decannulating her tomorrow! No bridging/cross-clamp.

Teresa said that the x-ray showed that the right lung has opened up more and is clearer than it has been. She said the left lung has had no activity and that she couldn't even see it. Pray for that lung to expand! Everybody go blow up a balloon for Averi! ♥