Day Three Update

Baby Boy Newman had a bit of a hard day today, but is resting comfortably now. He developed a tear in the lung (pneumothorax) on the other side as well, so they put in a chest tube to clear that up. The good news is the most recent chest x-rays show that the tubes have cleared most of the air that was there.

They also switched the type of respirator he is on to one that works in a much more gentle way, so hopefully it will be easier for him to breath. They are still taking blood gasses every six hours to get a sense of how much oxygen is in his blood. We are hoping that with both chest tubes and the new respirator we will see these numbers improve.

The doctors think that he might be having so much trouble with his lungs as a result of the fluid that was in his abdomen during the pregnancy. It could have been pushing up on the diaphragm and hampering lung growth.

So we will wait to see what tomorrow brings. We should have the results of a few more tests and we'll continue to keep a close eye on him. The doctors believe that there is a good overall prognosis and he is just giving us a bit of a run for the money these first few days.

We'll continue to keep everyone posted. Thanks for all of your support and good wishes.