Improvements and News

Ok so the night has been good, and brought about some good changes. His heart rate is normal now, he was a little tachycardic yesterday and the bipap seems to be helping as well because he is breathing a little slower than before. Yesterday he had really shallow respirations and was breathing about 70 breaths per minute. Today he is breathing a little deeper and between 30 and 50 bpm, depending on what is going on. His abdominal girth was 63 1/2 cm this morning, not sure how often they are going to check that, but that is our baseline right now. He still isn't saying much. Most of the time won't even answer anyone, every now and then we'll get a nod and Dr. Shore just left and he got a wave but that was about it. It has been officially 24 hours with out a fever!!! So the antibiotics are really kicking in and doing their job. I think that the medicine they are giving him for the gas is helping a little as well, he doesn't seem quite as miserable.

The doctors have decided to continue with the Erwinia, at least for now, if things get worse again then they can stop it later because he has 5 more doses to go in this round and they are spread out over days, and the Erwinia isn't as toxic as the PEG so he will be getting todays dose and we'll go from there. Which is good, I guess. They gave him the first dose on Saturday and it would be a total waste if they didn't keep going with it. But I'm glad that they have the option to stop giving further doses if there is an issue later as well.

His color is really good today, I just wish he would get out of his own head and start talking to us again. He is becoming the strong, silent type. I prefer the strong, talkative type. So those are the only updates for right now, I'll post again when there is more to tell. Please keep praying, they are working!