From birth until now...

Upon birth, Jaden's air sacs were ruptured during resuscitation. A chest tube was placed in his side and he was placed on an oscillator that would breathe for him.After a day or two, we were finally able to touch him, but not yet hold him. As I would lay my hands on him, his heart rate and blood pressure would normalize and my heart would melt. I was finally allowed to change his diaper and feel like I was taking part in his care! He quickly advanced through the medication regimen and oscillator settings the doctors initiated--probably too quickly. The doctor's took him off of the oscillator and placed him on a CPAP machine. He initially appeared to thrive on this machine and was breathing on his own. Yesterday his lungs began to bleed and he would stop breathing, several times, in front of his mom. They removed the CPAP, placed him on a ventilator and gave him blood products to help normalize his stats. When we walked in this morning, he was stable. However, upon returning from lunch, we learned that his pneumothorax (collapsed lung) had returned.