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A turn for the worse. Kinda.

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Early this morning Jonah spiked a fever, also his left ear started to drain which indicated a ear infection. So around noon they started IV antibiotics to try and get a jump start on an infection. It only took two tries, but they got it. Jonah progressively got worse, he stopped talking, was visibly working very hard to breath, only wanted to be held, and started spiking fevers. The docs were very, VERY, concerned with this and quickly decided Jonah needed more assistance than they could offer. So, to the PICU we came. While in the PICU, Jonah will be on HeO2. Helium and Oxygen, also known as Helox (not sure if the spelling is correct). So far Jonah is responding well to the treatments. After an X-ray, the doc said their is evidence of a pneumonia or Atelectasis (which is when the alveoli are deflated in a specific part of the lung). This is the second part of the post. I am sure people have checked to see how Jonah is doing already, but we have thanks in our heart...