update

We're still in Cardiac ICU. Gabe has shown some improvement over the last day or two. The big question is why is all of this happening so soon. He has pulmonary hypertension and leaky valves in his heart. The surgery could help with this some. More concerning are his ventricles. The bottom half of his heart is not pumping efficiently and we don't know why. They're trying a medly of medications to help with this. All of the stuff we're seeing is not typical of an AV canal. They usually have gradual work of the heart, not suddenly like Gabe. Speech and OT came by today and tried giving him a bottle. While his oxygen sats stayed high during the feeds, his work of breathing increased and he started turning mottled (kinda blotchy looking). They decided to put an NG tube in (feeding tube). They are also giving him some blood to help with his labs. They might do a cardiac cath to check on pulmonary hypertension to see best treatment. A care conference is planned for Friday to review all the information and see the best course of action. He is looking better, his monitor is alarming less, and he is getting nutrition now which are all positives. The Chaplain is working on getting a priest available to Baptize him here at the hospital in the next couple days. Thanks for all the prayers and positive thoughts.