Wyatt has had a rough day. He has had several "episodes" where his pulse ox drops to the 50's or so and his heart rate drops very low as well, in the 50-60's. The Doctor had to take him of the vent and bad him late this afternoon. It took her about 10 min to get his pulse ox back up to the mid 80's. Then they did a blood gas test, normal CO2 range is 35 to 45, his was 121 at 5:30. They did a chest X-ray to check his tube placement, it was fine, but found his lungs have a lot of fluid and part of his upper right lung has collapsed, doing a culture to make sure there is no infection in his lungs. They increased the vent pressure to 29 and the respiration rate of 40. The Doctor had a very frank talk with us. She said that his body may just be getting tired of fighting. We left from 6-8 while the NICU is closed.

Back at 8pm. Another blood gas was done and his CO2 has risen to 130ish. They have changed his vent settings to 45 respirations and a pressure of 33 (highest he has had, there is a concern that at around 35 pressure he may have a pneumothorax.)

9:45pm just had another blood gas and is was 62...chest xray at 10pm to check his lung.

Say a Prayer for little Wyatt Jack...

Wyatt has won so many hearts up here!!! It makes us so proud when nurses request to take care of our little guy!!!! He is becoming increasingly more demanding and a nurse tonight asked us if it would be ok if she requested to have him every time she worked!!!!! I teared up and of coarse said yes it would be our honor to have you take care of our son. Great people with even bigger hearts work here at Norman regional NICU!!! We are so thankful and appreciative!!!!

Wyatt's mom