Kellen is doing so well. He is at 25 ml every 3 hours for his feed. He gets to try a bottle one time today for the first time. Elizabeth is going to be here for it at 3 pm. They don't think he will do very well the first time, but he gets to try : ). Other than that he is getting close to not needing any IV fluids, YEAH!!!! Grandpa Bunch got to hold Kellen for the first time last night. He picked the right shift to stay for because Papa Clark had last night and didn't get to hold, but I am sure that will be coming soon. It is hit and miss at this point.
Carson is doing very well. He is done to 250 on his flow on the ECMO machine. It basically means he is doing better and we have to get him to 200 before they will consider weaning him off. He is certainly making progress because last night he was at 320. The clots do not appear to have changed and the perfusionist was not concerned. At this time, she is watching them and we don't need to change the tubing. Carson is peeing a lot better and we are so proud of him.
Carson had a head ultrasound yesterday and it showed a normal brain NO BLEEDS... praise the Lord. At this point, our biggest prayers need to be no bleeds in his brain from having so much heparin and no movement of the clots in the ECMO machine. And of course, prayers for direction of all the staff and doctors and continued healing. I am praying for miracles and complete healing of Carson so he will have no functional deficits when he gets through this. We are so proud of him and thank God at every moment for the miracles he has provided.
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