26 2/7 Look at those peepers

Finally Zane has opened up his eyes enough to know when he is looking towards us. We can also see some blonde highlights in  his hair now.  Becuase he can open his eyes his face is more expressive.  I commented to Samantha that he looks like ET big eyes big head and long fingers :-) but at least his ears are not the largest part of his body!!
Zane is still on the JET with high settings PIP of 23 PEEP of 8 and rate of 420, he does have more desaturations (oxygen levels less than 84)and is still on dopamine. His lungs xray shows changes in his lungs, but until he can have his PDA closed he will not be able to get off the JET or have his lungs heal or grow.

He has is PDA surgery scheduled for Wed 12/2 at 12:30 and than towards the end of the week he will have a laparotomy done to explore his intestines to see if any he has any additional areas of dead bowel. The next few days will be tense as Zane will have to fight hard as his little body goes through two major surgeries.

Samantha had Zane baptized today, a shell was used for the holy water, you can see how small Zane's arm is compared to the shell