Landon's big belly

Landon is really sick right now.  Over the past couple days he has had difficulty breathing and his stomach has been extremely bloated, but the docs haven't found the reason.  Beginning Sunday night all of a sudden his belly was really swollen, but didn't know why.  He had eaten well on Saturday and was on low cannula settings.  Sunday night we got a call from the docs saying he wasn't doing well - there was a lot of free air in his belly putting pressure on his diaphragm making it hard to breathe.  He was going to be put on CPAP.  Monday when I saw him he didn't look good and wasn't his cute ornery self.  He was on more pressure support from his CPAP.  This morning he was even more support when I checked in at 7am.  At 8am I got a call from the docs saying they needed to intubate him (breathing tube for ventilator).  He had a Lower GI test test done today at 9am and he needed to behave for it so they intubated him.  The films showed what they thought was free air, but they weren't going to do surgery at that point.  His umbilical hernia is really large and they reduced it, thinking that may have been the problem.  At noon he was doing better, but then I got a call at 2:30 saying he was really bad and they needed to take him down for emergency surgery.  Needless to say, I flew out of my office and down to U of M.  When I got to the parking lot, they called saying after several consults with radiologists they don't believe it's that immediate and they'd schedule an Upper GI test tomorrow (Wednesday).  They believe that he might have NEC again but are not sure the extent of it.  They also think that his hernia could be putting pressure on his bowels which may cause them to have a hard time restricting and relaxing (allowing bowel to pass).  He's really lethargic, on high ventilator settings and his oxygenation had been poor.  It's hard to see him like this.  Saturday he was doing great!  It's really unbelievable how quickly things can change. At any point over the next couple of days he could have surgery.  Please pray for strength and comfort for Landon, wisdom for the doctors and surgeons and peace and strength for Nich & I.  We'll keep everyone posted! 
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Weekly update coming soon...the internet at RMH hasn't been so great.  (I've reconnected 5 times just in writing this!)