Another stable day

Kale had a stable day today, which we are always thankful for! Today his weight was at 1 lb. 10 oz, once again back to his birth weight. His feedings are up to 6 mls every 3 hours now, so he keeps moving on up! He definitely has an appetite :)

Today the Drs. had to take out his old PIC line because they thought it had a leak. This is the line that runs from his ankle, up his leg and ends in his chest. The reinserted a new one in his other leg, so hopefully that one lasts more than a week as it has to be tough on the little guy.

Kale's blood sugar was a bit all over the place the past few days, but the Drs. aren't too concerned, they think that over the course of him going high and low with his blood sugar they may have over corrected with insulin and sugar doses to try and regulate, so tonight and tomorrow they are going to let him try to regulate it a bit more on his own and see if that helps it stabilize.

The Drs. gave him some medication (Surfactin maybe?) today to see if it would help open up or clear out his lungs at all. They gave this to him when he was born, which is very common with preemies, to try and help out the lung tissue. They gave him another dose so we will see if that helps his 'hazy' lung x-rays over the next few days.

His blood gases today were pretty stable, and his vent settings are lowering each day, so we're still hoping that this means he is moving toward going back on the other ventilator, but we still aren't expecting that for another few weeks.

His tests for infection are still negative, so we're hoping that at the three and four day mark they are still negative, as that is when they came back positive before. They said that the kind of infection he had may have been caused by his PIC line, so hopefully since they took that out it will help with his infection.

It's fun to see how he is progressing, not just with all the stuff going on inside him, but just how he looks as well. His eyes are closer to opening, his skin is so much healthier (not bruised or dry anymore), his head is rounding out more and his color is more consistent.

We're hoping for another stable day tomorrow, with clear infection results, stable vent settings and blood sugar levels. Thanks for keeping us in your thoughts and prayers, we appreciate it!! Kale is just 5 days away from hitting the twenty day mark, and we want to thank everyone for their daily support and encouragement, we definitely couldn't do this without all of you!