So after I posted last night, Lincoln had a low blood gas meaning he was not getting enough oxygen into his system on the lowered ventilator settings. The doctors turned his nitric oxide back up and his oxygen percentage back up to 50. They also gave him some fluids due to his heart rate being high and blood pressure being low.
By the time Dan and I arrived at 6 this morning, Lincoln still had a high heart rate, but was not agitated. His hemoglobin levels have been slightly low for two days, so the surgeons want to try giving him some blood to help both his hemoglobin levels and bring his heart rate down. They are also suspecting a possible infection for the culprit of his higher heart rate and decrease in urine output. He also has a mastitis, or inflammation of his right breast. This can happen in babies due to the mothers hormones during pregnancy and birth. This morning, the nurse is getting a bunch of cultures and starting Linc on a round of antibiotics just to keep any infection under control. For now, they are not going to wean Lincoln's ventilator anymore until he is negative for cultures after 48 hours. The surgeon said that this is not a step backward, but more like a stumble along the way.
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