The past few days

Aidens blood pressure has been all over the place. Either it is high or low and they haven't found a happy medium yet. They are constantly playing with his bp meds and blood products to keep his bp steady. They thought he was maybe bleeding internally somewhere with his bp acting like that so they did ultrasounds of his abdomen and head and those came back ok. They also thought it could be infection so they have him on vanco. All his cultures have came back neg. Aiden has a patent ductus arteriosus (a shunt in the heart that is suppose to close after birth didn't close) so he had been shunting a lot the past two days. Oxygen rich blood mixes with Oxygen poor blood putting a strain on the heart and increases pressure in the lungs. it also decreases oxygenation to the extremities. He is still bleeding from his chest tube and his urine. They did a echo on mon and they will repeat it right before they try to wean him off ECMO to see if his pulmonary hypertension had gotten any better. The goals for the next couple of days are to come down on the bp meds, get fluid off if they can and to keep his bp steady. Do keep those prayers coming. Thank you!!!