CO2 RELEASE COULD BE ISSUE

Max's carbon dioxide and bicarb levels have increased in recent days, which is worrisome. This is one of the factors that could keep him in the hospital and possibly move us toward a tracheostomy. The doctors have encouraged me to stay positive but that we must follow this closely. I am HOPING that I wasn't getting too excited...too quickly. We are still moving towards a discharge plan, but if this issue doesn't resolve, plans may change.

SPECIFIC PRAYER REQUEST: Maxwell's lungs need healing and growth. He needs to effectively and calmly breathe...inhaling good oxygen and exhaling and ridding the body of the CO2.