Just got back from NICU. Michael is continuing to stay stable. Some tests are showing improvement, some the same none worse. Yeah!! The faith and prayers and great medical care are working!!
We did learn more. Yesterday the teams were on high alert, expecting his gut to perforate (from dead tissue). Today the high alert is changed to guarded status--low to moderate risk. We hope now that the gut infection will continue to improve. Once he has been on the antibiotic for 7-10 days then they can do surgery.
One reason the gut problem needs to be totally resolved is because during the heart repair, blood supply to the gut will be greatly diminished, which could tip the gut "over-the-edge" causing then the surgery we are hoping not to have. (The gut surgery entails a serious of surgeries over 2-3 weeks, with the abdomen left open, and causing the heart surgery which really needs to be done ASAP to wait)
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