Wyatt's Saturday (10/11) and Sunday early morning were a bit rough. He had to be bagged several times and wouldn't take his bottle Saturday night. He was very pale and not very responsive. Saturday morning his CO2 had went to 120's and his ph was very low at 7.18. They upped his tidal Volume (volume of air the vent gives) to 30 from 25. Later Saturday they did another blood gas and all looked better but not to normal ranges. Then Sunday morning at 5am we called to check on him and his CO2 was over 130 and his ph was all the way down to 7.1. Again they raised his tidal volume from 30 to 33 and his next blood gas co2 went to mid 60's and ph to 7.48, which is tons better. I will not go into what happens with low PH but just know the body highly regulates it and it should be between 7.35-7.45. (here is a good explanation of ph (http://altered- states.net/barry/update178/ ). He is still on 50% Oxygen.

Once his tidal volume was raised to 33 he was like a new kid. With the help of lots of rolled up blankets and his newest animal, an elephant (thanks Stacy and Spencer) he sat up in his bed and took his bottle in 7 minutes and hung out sucking on his binkie (see video).

We are blessed beyond measure with family and friends, we can never thank you enough for the thoughts, Prayers and support.

As always Pray for Wyatt and all sick babies.

-Dad