Well, today was a better day for Kale, Derc and I. Our little man is so strong, he amazes us each and every day.
Kale has picked up his urine output, which the doctors were happy with. They continued his abdominal x-rays throughout the night last night and today, and they did not see anything they were concerned with. This means that he got to resume eating today!!!!! They started feeds with him again at 5pm, and he is on 7mls every 3 hours. They will work his way back up to 'full feeds' and once they do this, they will fortify it with formula, then discontinue the TPN again. I'm sure it will take at least a few days to get back up to full feeds...but at this point we're just happy he's eating again and his stomach/kidneys are working properly and there are no concerns.
His gases were decent today, and his vent settings haven't really changed at all. He is still fairly high on his settings, we're hoping those come down in the next week or two and we can start thinking about a different vent.
We got some good news today - Kale had some chromosome tests sent out about 2 weeks ago. When he was born the Dr. had some concerns about the fact that his ears were kind of low set. She wanted to rule out any possibility for Down's Syndrome, or any of the Trisomy syndromes. Thankfully, these came back negative and we just found out today!
Kale had a blood transfusion last night, and we're pretty sure that this helped bump up his weight, BUT he hit 2 lbs. 1 oz!!!! We're thinking this will probably drop a bit tonight, but he finally hit 2 lbs., so we're happy :)
He is still on antibiotics in case there is an infection going on inside somewhere. We are still waiting on results from his blood and urine cultures. We probably won't know those until Monday or Tuesday.
So, better day today! We're hoping this trend continues tonight and tomorrow. Thanks for all of the messages after our day yesterday, we always appreciate your support!! Thanks for praying for Kale yesterday, we know it helped with his turnaround today!!
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So many prayers continue to come your way. We're so happy that Kale has made so much progress in such a short amount of time. Just think - he's gained 7 ounces over the past 3 1/2 weeks. If he keeps up at this rate, he'll be out of those micro-premie clothes in another 2 months! Going through the tougher days will make you appreciate the good days even more. Take this one day at a time, and keep your sights focused down the road to when Kale will come home to a very loving and devoted father and mother (and a very energetic (but loving) dog!). We hope you have a great day today! Blow Kale a kiss for us. Tell him Grandma and Grandpa will be coming next weekend to visit him.
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