Our precious little boy!

Brenan was born on April 9th at 9:21pm.He weighed 8lbs 0 oz, 19.5".It was a very easy delivery but he was having trouble breathing. They took him to the NICU. There they put him on a CPAP machine (.Continuous positive airway pressure therapy.CPAP machine increases air pressure in your throat so that your airway does not collapse when you breathe in) They could not find a BP so they then tried to get a IV going to try to get some fluid in him. They tried every possible spot to do a IV but could not find a vein. They were down to one of there last options and were successful. Friday night they did an CXR and determined he needed Serfactin as the CXR was hazy with usually means his lungs were not fully developed which they state happens to about 5% of full term babies. They then had to intubate him and gave him artifical Serfactin( not sure if this is spelled correctly) directly in his lungs. He was on CPAP for about 18 hours and they tried him off of CPAP. He was still having a difficult time breathing. His respirations were to high and he was retracting with each breath. So they had to put him back on the CPAP. He was really fighting it and you could see how he was struggling to breath, grunting with each breath. They intubated him again and tried another course of Serfactin. This showed no improvement so they transferred by lifeflight team via ambulance to UVRMC around 12:30. They put him on a ventolater so he did not have to fight his breathing. Ryan was with him most of the night. He says that he was looking much better and he was very peacful not having to fight to breath anymore. I will post more information this afternoon. Please put Brenan in your prayers.