Improving when we left

So it's never easy to see your child grey. It all happens so fast too. We called to check on Charlie Thursday at 6 am and his overnight nurse said he had great night and he was doing really well. The next thing we know we get a call around 10:30 am saying that they had to start him on antibiotics because of a possible infection and that he is not doing well. It was a tough day but when we left his side this evening he was resting, his had fever broken, and he had started to get back just a little bit of his color although he was still really pale. So he is currently resting and looking more comfortable than he did earlier in the day. Now I know why they call it the NICU roller coaster.

Another side note of interest. They told us that they might have to move Charlie's bed. His bed is set up in the area that they use for the ECMO machine. This is the heart and lung bypass machine. The reason they are moving him is that another CDH baby has arrived (in his or her mother still) and they need that area in case he/she needs to go on ECMO. They do have two ECMO machines at the hospital, but hopefully they feel confident enough moving Charlie knowing that he is at a lower risk of needing ECMO. 

Thank you for all the prayers and positive thoughts. We know God is listening and that he will get us all through these long nights!