Unstable but not acute

Oliver had a good night, under sedation, and by morning had good color again.  He is pink and puffy.

He had a quiet morning.  This morning's chest x-ray showed that his lungs have gotten worse (as the doctors expected).  By midday his blood pressure kept dropping really low and they began working pretty intensely to stabilize him.  Even under sedation he was trying to move and fuss a bit (we're glad that he's a little fighter!) and they think that when he does he exacerbates his condition, so they are giving him a "paralyzing" drug, or ROC, to keep him from moving and to let his body really rest.  All of his vitals responded positively to the ROC meds.  They are waiting now for his blood pressure to normalize a bit more so they can place an arterial blood pressure probe. 

So, he is "unstable" - they are monitoring intensely and constantly tweaking his meds to support him, and he has a 1:1 nurse devoted solely to his care and monitoring (our nurse, David, is highly experienced and rarely leaves the room!), but he is not "acute" - his current condition is not immediately life threatening and he is responding well to treatment. 
We're still waiting for results from the blood, urine, respiratory, and spinal fluid cultures. 

Thank you for all your prayers and encouragement!