Babies and Dog

Nothing grew in the blood cultures, so apparently Matthew didn't have an infection after all -- that's good news! They're taking him off his antibiotics today. (His high blood pressure is still a bit of a mystery, but it's responding well to medication.)

James is doing well. They did a chest X-ray on him the other night (fortunately after we had left, or we would have spent another evening worrying), and found that he had a tiny air leak from one of his lungs (pneumothorax). This can happen when babies are on a ventilator, because of the pressure coming into the lungs. However, it doesn't seem to be bothering him any (his respiration and oxygen saturation has been fine), and they expect it will just heal up on its own. They'll keep an eye on it, but do not seem to be concerned about it.

And our first "baby", Stanley, got a clean bill of health from the veterinarian. :) Following in Green family tradition, the vet said that Stanley could lose a little weight, and also following in Green family tradition, we will most likely ignore this advice. (The vet said he likes to have his dogs always hungry, so they eat whatever you put in front of them. He also said not to feed Stanley canned dog food, because it all comes from China and "they're poisoning it." He's a little bit crazy, but that's okay.)