Updates: 04.19.2011

12:00am: Caleb is on the ECMO machine, has acid in his blood, and will be having the cath and probably the hybrid procedure done in the morning to see if his left ventricle is any better.

Sarah's doing well recovering in her room and will get to see him in the morning.


12:30 pm:  Caleb just got back from his procedure and the doctor said it went great. Caleb's heart responded well and they already saw shrinkage of the left side. They are going to monitor his aorta to watch for any shrinkage and probably start to wean him off of the ecmo machine tomorrow.


4:30 pm: Sarah just talked with Caleb's nurse and is asking ♥TEAM CALEB♥ for extra prayers, please. He is having a hard time maintaining his blood pressure so they're having to give him lots of blood products which is causing him to swell. Pray! Pray! Pray! C'mon Caleb, let's get that BP stabilizing!! ♥   Results from the ultrasound of Caleb's brain should be in later tonight.

10:30 pm: Last update for tonight :) Mommy & Daddy visited Caleb and his blood pressure is back up and doing better. They met with the neonatologist and there is no hydrocephalus! From what he could tell from the report Caleb is missing the Corpus Callosum in his brain. This shouldn't affect him too much, according to the doc. Sleep well, and keep praying 


♥TEAM CALEB♥