Thursday Afternoon - A Josiah Update

Hi Everyone

... a follow up from yesterday's post:

Josiah and Marie are both sick, and the money is on that they have the same thing. Josiah continues to have difficulty breathing and so his pressure support has been raised again and he is now on 40% oxygen. He's had two mini-spells in the last 24 hours, but they have been brief with only a tiny de-sat (so that's good).

He continues to be kept 'comfortable' (which means sedated as necessary) and he's coughing a lot, either due to his virus or because he's trying to clean out the goobers in his lungs. There is a partial collapse of one of his lungs (just really wet down there), and so far the viral results have come back inconclusive so we'll have to wait another day. In the meantime, Josiah started a 'blanket' antibiotic that will work against whatever he has brewing until the doctors can determine a more specific approach.

Because he is so exhausted/sick he's had a few 10+ minute seizures today which of course tire him out even more. My day here has been low-key while he rests, but other than that it's been a lot of suctioning and chest physio.

So continue praying for our little man. He's been taking this like a champ and we anticipate that he'll get better soon. But in the meantime he needs to heal up and be kept safe.

Thanks.
- Andrew, Marie & Josiah