The Daily Kaleb

Hi friends!

Kaleb has continued to progress slowly over the past few days. They started weaning him off his sedation and the ventilator this week and today they believe he is ready to be taken off the ventilator!

Actually they are preparing to remove the ventilator at this very moment, as I write this update. Brittany was able to go down to the hospital to be with Kaleb while they do the procedure and, Lord willing, to hear his vocal cords ring out for the first time since he was born.

(Pause)….This just in from Brittany.

They took him off the ventilator and he's doing okay. His vitals didn't change when they took it off, but he is laboring to breathe with some wheezing. They tried two breathing treatments and adjusting his position, but those didn't help. He was on c-pap (continuous pressure) through his nasal cannula, so now they're trying By-pap (blows at two diff pressures, delivers more support).

If that doesn't do much they would switch to an actual mask, which wouldn't be ideal because the fit is weird on a newborn. (Video link below).

We rejoice in the Lord’s kind providence for Kaleb’s health to strengthen!

Here’s a video on Brittany’s instagram of him without the ventilator making little noises.

Pray:

1. For Kaleb’s lungs to adjust and strengthen in this time.

2. Pray for his heart to continue to strengthen and that his arrhythmia will heal.

3. With Kaleb awake and alert we desire to spend more time with him at the hospital, pray for wisdom of how to balance our time in the coming weeks.

Love,
The Born Family