8-4-07
Hi everyone! sorry it's been so long since i've updated. I'll try to fill you all in on any changes in the last week, but I will start with today first. Little Connor had a little bit of a rough day today. His blood test results came back positive for an infection. It probably won't make a whole lot of sence to most of you but the organisim is gram negative bacilli. From what it sounds like it is a pretty bad bug. They said that they will probably have him on antibiotics for seventeen days. They had to do a spinal tap. They said that he did really good, and it only took about thirty seconds. They also said that the infection is eating at his blood platlets. So they gave him his fourth blood transfusion tonight although the blood wasn't red like the last times it was yellow, because they took the platelets only. I was there with him during the transfusion and he did really well. He is still on the ventilator. His oxygen is down to 21% most of the time which is what we breathe. The ventilator is still giving him 15 breaths a minute. But he does the rest on his own. He weighs 3 lbs 5 oz. During the week he stayed about the same on the vent his oxygen levels were a little higher than they are now. At one point he got up to 3 lbs 7 oz. He was getting 25 cc's of milk, but he stopped tollerating his feedings. So they quit giving him milk and put him back on IV nutrition. Possibly because he was developing an infection would be why he started to not tolerate his feedings. When he's ready to start being fed they will start at a low amount and work his way up to what he was getting before. I got to hold him last wednesday for about an hour. It was really special. We love him so much. Kennedy and Ayden and Paiton got to look at him through the window. Ayden can't wait until he comes home. He asked if they would let him see the baby if he wore a hospital bracelet like mommys. Grandma Teddie got to spend the week out here and spend some time with Connor too. But he's doing good he just needs to grow. The doctors and nurses just have to remind me that he should still be in my belly for another 6 or 7 weeks when I start getting anxious to bring him home. He's right where he needs to be. Thanks for your thoughts and prayers. Love you all.