Day 19

Today had been a good day so far. I am starting the blog early. Owen just had the Nitric oxide turned off for the first time. They had been weaning to N O for the past 3 days and we are at the point today that it can come off. We now will wait and see how he does for the time being. The saturation's have been sitting in the 70s today while happy and but they will drop when he is mad. He had another Echo today done by the chief of what ever department he was from to get the best pictures of little Owens very little veins. They still continue have a hard time a trying to see Owens little (yet very important) veins. So the plan for now is, (not that it won't change in an hour) that if he has no further improvement he will have a cardiac cath done on Monday or Tuesday of next week. This has given him an ample amount of time to improve and get better. Of course the main surgeon is out of town until then so they will not attempt the cath until he is back just in case they need to go in. The heart cath will be very diagnostic to determine the real layout of Owen's veins. In this procedure a catheter will be inserted into Owen's vessel in his groin area and advanced up to his heart. Once in the heart they will use a combo of live xrays and the injection of dye through the cath and this will show his true anatomy of the vessels in the heart. So it is the same story of waiting and seeing what happens. We must be patient but it is getting hard. Owen was able to visit with aunt court and grandma Marcia today. Chelsea was able to get out and go to a scrapbook making class that the child life team puts on in the hospital. They allow you to print out your pictures and give you all the supplies that you need. Chelsea made some great pages of Owen's beginning days of life.

-Chris