CT scan results

Well, today we had another sit down with the doctors. This time it was to go over the results of the CT scan. They did not find any evidence of a brain bleed on the right side which is wonderful because as of last weekend, we were told there was something suspicious on that side also and that wcould have been potentially devastating for Benjamin. Today they did confirm that he had a bleed between the brain and the skull, which they had suspected. The good news is that it is not significant enough to require surgical intervention or any type of reservoir or shunt...this should resolve on it's own over time....He does however have evidence of damage to the brain on the left side that may result in motor and sensory issues for him. Since the damage is on the left side of his brain, this will affect the right side of his body...this is the area that presented most of the movement when his seizures occurred. He will most likely be requiring a lot of therapy to help him with his coordination....but we are still very positive about this news. Considering how bad the results could have been, we feel very blessed that more area isn't involved. There is a great resiliency about babies that we as adults do not have...they can recover much more from injury like this that an adult could ever hope to. We are hoping for the best possible outcome for Benjamin, and still praying for a miracle, (because as any true believer knows, God can intervene at any point), but we will not know how Ben will actually be affected until he is older....seems that will again be determined by God and Benjamin as they seem to call all the shots...(and a lot of help from us). His blood gas after his move to the CT scan was actually the best he's had since being taken off ecmo last Thursday. He is also in isolation currently as of today. There is bacterial growth in his endotracheal tube that could potentially be dangerous to the other babies in the unit....he is and has already been getting treated for this. We should know more about this in a few days when the full cultures are back. For now, the plan is to continue to keep him stable and then provided no other major hurdles present their ugly heads, we should be able to start talking about surgery to repair his CDH soon. As always, please keep him in your prayers....he is such a little fighter.