Owen hasn't been peeing very good over the last couple of days. Overnight and into this morning he had total quit peeing. Kidneys were failing again. He is up to 6 lbs. They adjusted some things and by 4 this afternoon he had peed a lot. Too bad he peed some blood. They had to get another ultrasound to see if all was ok. It looked fine, probably just from putting the catheter in. They think the adrenal glands are causing the problems now, since the kidney was working before. They started a steroid treatment today to help kick the adrenal glands into gear. His blood, urine, and lung cultures still show negative except for the low levels of naturally occurring bacteria. It will take a little time to see if the cultures end up growing something. To be safe, he is on two antibiotics. The steroids will mask infections if he has any and thats why its important to treat him until we know for sure that there is no infection.
The ultrasound (from yesterday) on his kidneys, bladder, and liver came back today. It all looked good on the outside. No water or air around. They are continuing to feed milk.
His lungs looked better on the x ray this morning but his oxygen levels were going up and down today. Tomorrow may be a different story.
His liver seems to be working better.
On monday he was 17" long.
Praying for:
- Kidneys to function
- Liver to function
- Adrenal glands to function
- Bladder to function
- Lungs to develop
- Bones to grow stronger
- Infections to stay away
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