Dear Friends and Family;
Caleb continues to do well. Yesterday he gave us a scare when he pulled out his ventilator tube! The Dr.s had just taken an x-ray to see if it was ready to come out and decided it wasn’t. then he pulled it out. This was very frightening to us because when they put the tube in the first time he stopped breathing and his heart stopped, so we were afraid the same thing would happen when they reinserted it. But, PRAISE THE LORD, they put him on a C-pap instead (a tube than gives him oxygen through his nose) and so far he is doing great with that. So basically he took a step up all by himself, maybe he will be a Dr. 🙂 His foot is looking great too. We need to keep praying that he will start digesting his food. They are feeding him through a tube, just 6 ml, then 3 hours later they suck it back out again, and it has been kind of just sitting in his tummy. The Dr. says that is not terribly unusual since he is spending his energy on so many other things. Over all yesterday was a great day. His oxygen levels are down to under 30%, and we got to hold him for a while and give him a bed bath. We still haven’t found anyplace permanant to stay, the Ronald McDonald House is full, as well as the nearby hotels that give discounts to patient’s, so we are just going day to day. You can be praying for that.
Pam’s mom and the kids left today to head down to southern Wyoming where they will stay with her Aunt and Uncle until we are released, so pray for their safe travels, and for the kids as they are really starting to miss us. The Doctor told us that she thought we would probably be here for 4 or 5 more days, and the nurse told us that was being a little optimistic. Thanks again SO much for your prayers, we are really feeling them.
Greg and Pam Berglund
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