As you can see, our little baby is quite bloated these days. He had so, so, so much fluid pumped into him during this ordeal. But it is necessary for his recovery. He has needed blood and plasma, blood pressure medicines and antibiotics, nutrition and so much more. He received diuretics today to help him get rid of the excess fluid. All we can do is wait until he can flush it all out.
He had a catheter in for a while because he wasn't peeing and his bladder was full. Then he was peeing so much that the diaper was wet in addition to what was going into the catheter, so they took out the catheter. Then, he wasn't peeing again so they had to put a bigger catheter back in. Then he started peeing around that catheter, so they took it out. Poor boy!
Let's see, what else? His vitals remain stable today. They are weening him from the dopamine, but they can't do it too fast, otherwise his blood pressure goes down. He opened his eyes a few times today, briefly. He is still pretty out of it, but that is good while he recovers. They removed the chest tube this morning.
Mom and Dad received word today that an opening came up at the Ronald McDonald house, so we will be moving in the morning. It will be difficult to stay away from the hospital, but the boarding rooms aren't available for the long haul so we need to go. We are glad to have a place to stay that is close. We'll post more tomorrow. Good night!
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