Breathing problems...

Jessica called this morning and said that Beau seemed to be doing a lot better last night but that he is worse this morning.  His vitals are all still pretty good and closer to normal than they had been but he's struggling pretty hard to breathe so his oxygen saturation is the only one that's really "off".  He's also coughing and hacking a lot...which is making his throat irritated and sore.

The doctor came into the room while I was talking to her and said that they were going to put him on a CPAP machine (continuous positive air pressure) to force oxygen into him at a constant rate.  This is the last step before intubation (a ventilator) so please pray that the CPAP will be sufficient.

Also, the infectious disease doctor came in while I was on the phone and said that they would know pretty soon what kind of infection he has in his blood...they are still waiting on the cultures and it takes awhile.

Please keep the prayers coming...I will post more when I know more.