Tiny hand - October 24, 2012

Good news.  Owen is not allergic to breast milk!  They put him on full feeds spread out over 3 hours with an hour break after the 2nd hour.  They will gradually reduce the time he is feed from 2 hours down to 30 minutes or so!  This was the next step after the full feed on continuos drip.

His liver is still swollen and not processing things too quickly but we are hoping to see improvement in the next few days.

His lung x rays look a little cloudy today but that could be because he is moving his fluid around.  He lost weight again last night.  

He looks really good today and isn't getting mad as often.

He is starting a trial run of a medicine that will help stimulate him to make red blood cells on his own so that maybe we can avoid a transfusion or two.

He is still on the steroids and gallbladder medicine.

Lots of good stool and urine output.

Praying for:

• Kidneys to function better
• Lungs to function better
• Liver to function better
• Bones to grow stronger
• Adrenal glands to work correctly
• No long term side effects from steroids
• Infections to stay away

Good grip

Glow in the dark

Could possibly have rabies