Quick update from earlier

I wanted to provide a quick update from earlier today. We just checked in and Kale is having a much better evening. His 8pm blood gases came back better than his 1pm gases, which were better than his 8am gases...so that's good!! His heart rate stabilized throughout the day as well, he was back in his 80-90 range.

Kale's preliminary CRP results came back in. These results were from his spinal tap, and they show protein levels in his blood (I think), and really shows if there is inflammation in his body, as this indicates infection. His levels came back very well, and the doctor said he was happy with them. He said there is still a good possibility of infection, we will know more once his cultures come back in the next few days.

His weight increased 30 grams, so he is back up to 1 lb. 10 oz. The Dr. also inserted Kale's ART line before I left for the day. Now Kale has a line in both arms and it kind of looks like he is wearing boxing gloves as each of the IVs is covered in padded gauze......yeah, Kale's reputation of pulling IVs out has spread through the nursing staff....little stinker!

As we left for the evening, Kale was swaddled up in his incubator and the top of his incubator is now covered in a quilt, since he is out of the photo therapy light. The fact that he is swaddled up should hopefully help comfort and soothe him since it will remind him of being in the womb.

Anyway, just wanted to say thanks for the prayers this afternoon for his infection, we're hoping all the tests come back clear in the next few days!!

Everyone have a great weekend!