Babysteps in the right direction on day 5

The doctors just left and all tests are still negative, we won't know about the parvo till tomorrow though. But we did see some improvements last night that have grown and spread into today. His appetite is better, he is snacking on muffins and gold fish, even had a pop tart this morning. They are going to decrease his IV fluids in hopes that then he might want to drink as of right now he is only taking sips here and there, likely because with all the fluids he is hydrated so well that he doesn't feel thirsty at all. He was up much of last night, but not in a bad way. He took an early night nap and then wanted to be up playing with daddy into the wee hours of the morning. As far as I know he didn't have any bowel movements last night which is a huge improvement and this morning he actually asked to go to the bathroom. This was the first time in a few days that he had been out of bed, so that was huge too! We are still seeing the same consistency, an improvement but not totally better yet. And the best news of all - NO MORE BOOTY PAIN! He always tells me when I have to clean him "Mom, don't hurt the bootay!" lol But today you can still see that there is some breakdown but it is getting better every day and the pain is gone so that is a really good sign. His ANC is up to 563, so we are headed in the right direction. They said he still isn't ready to go home yet, but we are moving in that direction. So lets hope for a Monday discharge. He misses his cousin Derek and his Nana like crazy so we want to get home so we can spend lots of time with them. I won't get my hopes up because a discharge tomorrow isn't likely, because he did have a fever this morning. But it is possible provided that the fevers don't come back anymore and he continues to show improvements in all areas like he has.

We are going to take a nap now, I'll update later if there is anything new to report.

Please pray for:
1. No more fevers
2. Continued improvement in diarrhea and breakdown healing
3. Continued improvement in his appetite and overall attitude (we have seen more smiles today than we have seen in 2 weeks!)

The prayers are working, and I thank you all so much!!!

(Angela, I posted a comment to the last blog for you)