WOW, prayers work!!! Carson peed so well last night. He was -10 cc every hour. That means he peed out 10 more ccs than he took in each hour. For right now, he did so well, he doesn't need ultrafiltration which is a type of dialysis. Yeah!!! So he still has way too much fluid on his body and lungs, so they aren't willing to take him off... his ECMO (bypass) machine adn so the same risks are still present. We have to keep praying for protection for his body from all the risks. He has to have a hematoma drained that is very close to the input of the bypass machine so it could compromise the input for his blood. However, that shouldn't be a major procedure and just drain the hematoma in the NICU. He also has to have a tube placed into his peritoneum (the abdominal cavity) b/c he has accumulated so much fluid around his abdominal organs. That will be drained. That will also be done in the NICU but we need to pray for precision of technique and no perforation of his intestines or other important structures in his abdomen in the process. Also no infection which could be very dangerous. They end up having to give him back half of the fluid they take off of his body so we need to pray his vessels aren't leaky and hold the fluid in the bloodstream rather than letting it go out into his tissues causing all this edema. Keep up the awesome work on the prayers. God is listening and we are so thankful for all the miracles each day. Kellen continues to do great!!
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