Support continues

Levi remains in the ICU as he continues to need extra support.  He is still intubated and on the breathing machine for now to give his body rest.  He is able to “breathe over” the ventilator meaning that there is a good chance we can start to wean down that support soon.  They were able to locate the organism causing his infection which is great news to allow the medication to be specifically targeted toward that bug.  Even better news is that the infection did not spread to the shunt that helps to reduce pressure on his brain.  Phew!  He’s had enough of those surgeries!  For now, he is on medication to allow him to rest despite the machines.  Beth and Zack were also able to get a little rest today and for that, we are thankful as rumor has it that 2 hours over four days is not quite enough.   

While the rest of the family was focusing on rest, we are pretty sure that sleep is not in the cards for Owen tonight.  He had great fun making his own bowl of ice cream with sprinkles today and, as you can see, it was quite heavy on the sprinkles!   It’s ok big brother, we all should try to find a little extra sprinkle from time to time.