Wednesday, October 26th

Will is having his chest closed right now. We are hoping his blood pressure will be ok this time!

We received some encouragiing information from one of the attending cardiologists yesterday. He said that these brain bleeds happen more often than they think... he thinks that sometimes they don't catch it because the babies don't show symptoms. He says it isn't uncommon for this to happen to such small babies who go on a heart and lung machine during the heart surgery. As a matter of fact, they have had a couple of babies this month with brain bleeds.

There are also 4 levels of bleeding that can occur in the ventricles of the brain. At the time of the CT scan, it appears that Will is only at a level 2. It is when it gets to a level 3 or 4 that it can become very serious as far as damage to the brain.

Right now it is kind of a "wait & see" situation. The doctors are going to do head ultrasounds every couple of days to determine if the bleeding gets any worse. Will's body might reabsorb the blood or the blood could cause a dam where spinal fluid gets blocked and his brain could swell. They are going to keep a very close eye on him to determine if he will need any intervention.