Lawson had a great day today. He spent the day resting peacefully, but was awake for about an hour while my mom and I visited. He was calm and quiet, yet wide eyed when he was awake. Dr. Rice came in this afternoon and was pleased with his progress. He had one 'episode' overnight, where his oxygen saturation level dropped, but he recovered quickly and hasn't had any more episodes since then. The x-ray showed that his right lung was a little 'wet' so they have started him on a diuretic to dry out his body by making him urinate more often. While we were there it was definitely working; he had a diaper that weighed 3 oz! :) He was stable today, with very low ventilator settings and lots of pain meds. They are planning to wean his pain medication tomorrow and possibly begin feeding again. Over the weekend, the plan is to move him to the conventional ventilator and then extubate (remove the tube) by the beginning of next week. Dr. Rice seemed optimistic that the extubation will be more successful this time. For now, Lawson is just awesome!
I'm so glad that he had a good day! Praying for continued healing and progress.
ReplyDeleteWOW! That's all I know to say! I am so excited about Lawson's progress. He is truly a fighter. God has big plans for your little man. I will continue praying for you guys. Love ya, Amanda
ReplyDeleteAwesome Lawson,a fitting name! Sounds like an awesome day given by an Awesome God to an awesome Levering family. HE has heard our prayers and has sent His answer for this day. So, we continue in prayer, daily seeking HIS Pleasures petitioning for continuance of awesome healing and progress in Lawson.
ReplyDeleteMitzi, I love the sound of the interaction between you and Lawson as you greet him! His mother is pretty awesome too, you know! :) I am so-ooo proud of her and I know her mother is too!
Love,
Jackie Scott
God has not finish with Lawson. He is your little angel, and God said not so, he will win this battle. Lawson is the gifted child that God has given you and your family. Keep the faith and God will see you through see. I will keep praying for Lawson and your family. Love Ms. Janice
ReplyDeleteMitzi, what a great God we serve! I can see the personality in Lawson's face! He knows that he is blessed. Your family is in my prayers and will continue to be. Keep the faith!
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Woo Hoo!!! This little guy is something else!! Count me in for thoughts and prayers every minute till this miracle boy comes home!!! Still cheering Go Lawson GOOO!!
ReplyDeleteHUGE Happy HUGS to the Levering crew!! :)
love ya, Lauri
Stay strong! You are all under the watchful eye of a higher power.
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Kate
This is from some friends of mine. They have been following Lawson's blogs but could not put in a comment.
ReplyDeletePraise the LORD! Thanks for sharing the good news with us - a couple from Germany who has been given the honor to pray for baby Lawson. It is not only the prayer requests, but especially the praises that keeps us going! Thank you, precious family Levering - thank you Mitzi, Brian, and Lacey - for sharing this so detailed with us! Oh, these videos of Lawson are so touching! Our heart goes out to you! With all our love and continuous prayer for Mitzi, Brian, Lacey, and the precious baby Lawson! God is so good all the time - and all the time God is so good!
Blessings, Stefan and Carmen
Look at that little guy! Moving his arms and little legs and looking all around. How amazing is this to see. Thanks Mitzi for putting this up here and letting us see him. So glad he had a good day!
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LOL! My reaction was the same as Lauri's... WOOOHOOO!!!! So excited! Love, Samantha
ReplyDeleteMitzi...I was thinking about the hard time you had deciding on a name for this baby and now we know for sure why you named him Lawson....what other name would rhyme with AWESOME!!!!Our God IS a God of details...He wanted his name to be perfect in every way!!!We are continuing our prayers for healing and strength for ALL!Blessings, Debbie
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