Tippin' the scales

Hello!

Not a whole lot to report today, thankfully. Kale had a fairly uneventful day. The Drs. increased his feedings to 8 mls every 3 hours. He's almost up to 2 ounces per 24 hour period! Kale gained a little too much weight last night, he was up to 1 lb. 12 oz., and he increased 60 grams. The Drs. only want him to gain 15-30 grams per day, so 60 was a bit much. So, they gave him 3 doses of Lasix which is a medicine that makes him go to the bathroom to move fluids through him a bit more quickly. The concern is that if he is gaining that much it may be fluid, which they obviously don't want.

His lung x-ray's still looked hazy, which they said we should expect to see for a while, they hope that the Lasix helps eliminate any fluid that may be in his lungs or lung tissue.

His blood gases were pretty good today, however his SPO2 levels (these are the ones that should be between 80-90) were kind of all over the place. But, as long as his blood gases are looking good then that is what we are concerned with.

His infection is still negative, so we're hoping he has kicked it for good! Kale will get the full workup tomorrow since it's Sunday. He'll get weighed, measured in length, head circumference, tummy circumference and all sorts of stuff.

Hopefully in the next few days Kale will be tolerating full feeds well (which is 10 mls) and then he will be able to go off the TPN which is the IV artificial nutrition!

Thanks for checking in, Kale appreciates that he's in your thoughts :)