The last post should have been titled "Maddox is 4 weeks old..." not a month. To celebrate his Month birthday, we brought him to the ER and re-admited him to PICU. Yesterday evening they opened up his chest and scrubbed out a nasty infection. It was really crazy, that was the first time that Maddox wasn't stable through this whole process. After giving him 2 doses of antibiotics they decided to go in and explore the insicion sooner rather than later. We were relieved when it was over and things went better than expected.
The good news was and continues to be that Maddox's little heart is still functioning well. Better than could be expected during/after and infection. We really are at the best hospital with the best team of dr.'s and nurses. Now we'll start the process of weaning him off the vent and pain meds, but that shouldn't take as long as before.
It was comforting to see some familiar faces when we arrived at the PICU yesterday, nurses, dr.'s and the family of a patient. Our hearts and prayers our with the Frandsen family at this time. I cried more for them yesterday than I did for us. I knew Maddox would get better, it just will take time. For them it was a wait and pray situation, hoping for the best. They are part of our PICU family, and we'll always be grateful for knowing them, and the support we felt from them.
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wow.
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