No one wants to see PDA..

One of the thoughts behind Jonah going back on the ventilator was a heart murmor he has indicating Patent Ductus Arteriosus (PDA). Basically in the uterus the baby gets it's oxygen through the placenta (obviously it doesn't breathe air) - the ductus arteriosus allows the blood to bypass the lungs and go to the placenta because of this. Once born, this little bypass closes and moves the blood to the lungs.

A cardiologist looked at him today and found it's still open (thus the murmor). So blood is exchanging between the two sides of the heart in the wrong way and not getting enough of the right blood to the lungs so he can't breathe strongly. Thus the return to the ventilator. He's on a room air mix of O2 and low ventilator settings - he's doing a lot of work on his own but needs to get his heart fixed up (with some drugs) in order to do it better on it's own.

We get to go home tomorrow afternoon. Now begins the split between Isaac at home & Jonah at the hospital. We're lucky to have these two boys... too bad they're not in the same place!

some pics of Jonah today: His head is rounder than Isaac's!