Friday Afternoon

Our little buddy is hanging tough. We are trying to maintain calm and make sure everyone understands we are in a serious situation. With that being said we have received the best news we have heard in a few days. Our morning started with a series of ups and downs. We heard this morning that his bleeding had slowed down but then we quickly learned that this was due to a blood clot caused by some meds they had give him.  They inserted another tube into Shay that allowed them to get some drainage off his chest and pressure off of his heart. Now the good news. The recent echo has shown that Shay's heart is stronger than it was two days ago! This means that they feel they can start turning down the bypass machine to see how his body responds. If this goes well we can get him off the medicine that is causing him to bleed. This will take several hours to see how he is responding so you will have to check back tonight. I want to caution everyone with the minute by minute changes we experience here. Things can change on a moments notice but for right now this is the best news we have received since this tragedy occurred. Keep praying!