Lung Concerns...

Matthew did well off the ventilator last night. They were able to lower his oxygen levels from 50% to 40% last night and lowered it again to 30% this morning. The oxygen he's getting now is given passively through his nose rather than forced into his lungs via the ventilator.

His Doctors have lingering concerns about his right lung which doesn't seem to be clearing up. The 2 biggest concerns here are that the shunt that was placed in his heart is some how directing more blood flow to his left lung than the right and/or the veins feeding blood to his right lung didn't form properly. The best case scenario is that the problem is just mucus build up that he hasn't been able to get rid of and they may need to go into the lung with a sort of scope and suctioning device to get rid of the mucus. We haven't been told what the remedy would be for the other 2 possibilities but we're fearful that they will require opening his chest back up. A CT Scan is scheduled for some time this morning. We should know the results by early afternoon today.