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Dallas Update

Dallas was moved to a regular hospital room.  He has all tubes out, neck brace off, and is eating jello and popsicles, and drinking juice.  He should be going home Sunday.  God is great and so are doctors and nurses.  

Thankful Thursday

I joined Thankful Thursday this week because I can truly be thankful that the baby Dallas is recovering so completely from his near drowning.  They removed the oxygen tubes and he still has one in his nose but he is coming out of the sedation and recognizing everyone.  His uncle Jason was playing with a stuffed animal with him and he was grabbing and pushing it.  He probably has to lay still since he has a few things connected to him but he is following his mom and dad with his eyes around the bed.  They are expecting to move him to a regular room tomorrow and hopefully just a few more days in the hospital.  I thank God that he still does miracles and I thank you for your prayers.  It was a wonderful thing to have people all over the world caring about a little boy.  Awesome is all I can say.  


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Dallas

Here is the family of Dallas. He is the little boy in the red shirt.  He has three sisters.

Isn't he a doll?  They all are!  Tomorrow morning they will be taking the oxygen tubes

out and the first eight hours are the most critical.  Please be praying for that.  

Dallas News

I just talked to Dallas' mom and dad.  He is doing better today.  They gave him a blood transfusion to help his blood gases.  They were better immediately.  He is still on oxygen a little and they are hoping to remove that tomorrow morning so his throat doesn't get infected.  He's breathing much better, still fighting pneumonia.  They are 99% sure his brain will be undamaged.  He is still sedated but very much wants to get up.  Maybe after the tubes are out tomorrow he can.  Thank you for your prayers.  His mom said she had just learned how to swim last year.  So she had several scary events going on for her at the same time.  Jump in deep water, rescue your child, pull him out and yourself, administer CPR to your own child.  She said she thought he was gone when she got to him, so he is doing so much better now.  

Update on Dallas

Dallas is still on oxygen at about 35% now and doing better.  He is still being sedated to keep him from pulling out tubes but he responds when someone comes into the room and tries to roll over and get up.  They of course don't want him to do this.  They will still be watching his brain activity and for swelling for the next three to five days but the scans are good.  He did have a bowel movement which is a good sign that organs are functioning properly and they could start him on pediasure (or whatever it's called) in an IV drip.  He had a slight fever so they started him on some powerful antibiotics and his cultures from his lungs have just been growing yeast which is good because the pool water was old from not being open.  They want his lung valve to stay open so it can dry so some drug helps with this.  Just pray that he doesn't get pneumonia and gets off the oxygen soon so he can move more.  He has some edema from the drugs that regulate his blood pressure so hopefully they will be able to decrease this soon.  All in all he is doing miraculously well and we thank you for your continued prayers.  Also pray for all the doctors, nurses, anesthesiologists, and technicians that work with him.  

Prayer Request

I would like to ask for your prayers and thoughts for my nephew's little boy, Dallas.  He fell into a swimming pool last night and he is in intensive care.  His mom preformed CPR and they life-flighted him to the hospital.  They have him heavily sedated to prevent him from pulling out his tubes and are running CT tests.  He is going to be two years in June.  The latest I've heard is he did open his eyes about 1 hour ago and reach out his arm to his mom.  That's good.  His oxygen was on about 50% and they decreased it to 40%.  They are drying out his lungs.  Please pray that his brain doesn't swell and anything other good thing that you can think of to pray.  Also his two eight year old twin sisters saw this happen, please pray for their counseling.  I will update when I hear anymore this afternoon.  Thank you.  

UPDATE:

I just talked to his uncle who was at the hospital.  It is about 8 pm.  They said his brain CT looked good and they hope to get him off the oxygen tomorrow.  So keep praying please.  He still needs to be watched for 72 hours for brain swelling.  Thank you for the prayers and I thank God for hearing and answering them.