Saw Danny a few minutes ago. Thank the Lord that he was awake and responsive today! He wanted stories like usual....David and Goliath, Goldilocks and the Three Pigs, Jack and the Beanstalk and, his favorite, The Little Red Hen. The biggest news is that Danny is now on an external pacemaker. His heart rate was dropping to around 40 beats a minute, which is extremely dangerous. His normal heart rate should be around 90. It seems he has developed a condition in which his heart is not sending the right electrical signals due to expected scar tissue from the surgery. For now, the pacemaker is sending 90 electrical signals a minute to remind his heart to beat. Lord willing, they will do a special 24 hour electrocardiogram tomorrow to confirm that this is the situation. He is back on the feeding tube and his special formula, along with a special nutritional IV solution, so we are praying that strengthens him. They are running the ventilator on a 3 hours on, one hour off cycle to help him get back to breathing on his own. The last few days have been really tough...lots of emotional roller coasters and a multitude of thoughts running in, out and around my head. Thank you for sustaining us and our children, family and staff with your prayers!
Vimos a Danny hace unos minutos. Gracias a Dios que estaba despierto y respondiendo bien. Queria sus historias como siempre...David y Goliat, Ricitos de Oro y los tres ositos, Jack y los Frijoles Magicos y, su favorito, La Gallinita Roja. Las noticias mas grandes por ahora es que Danny ya tiene un marcapasos externo. Sus latidos de corazon bajaban a unos 40 por minuto cuando deben estar en 90. Parece que ha desarrollado una condicion en que su corazon no esta mandando las descargas electricas como deben debido a la cicatrizacion de la cirugia de corazon. Por ahora, el marcapasos manda 90 descargas electricas a su corazon al minuto para que late. Si Dios permite, haran una electrocardiograma especial de 24 horas el dia de manana para confirmar esta situacion. Cabe la posibilidad que necesitara una marcapasos permanente. Ya tiene otra vez la sonda a su estomago y le empezaron a dar su formula especial. Esperamos que sus intestinos y estomago reaccionen bien. A la vez, le siguen pasando nutricion por la veina. En cuanto al ventilador, se lo ponen por tres horas y se lo quitan por una para que vaya fortaleciendose. Los ultimos dias han sido muy dificiles...todo una montana rusa emocional y una cantidad de pensamientos que corren por la cabeza. Gracias por sosternos a nosotros, a Danny y a nuestra familia en sus oraciones.
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