update on special prayer request

Carson has had his ultrasound of his liver completed. However, we won't know any results until tomorrow. Thank you so much for your prayers and as soon as we know anything, we will email the information out. I will say, the doctors do not seem to be very concerned. The tech didn't really talk very much and wasn't sure when the doctors would review the results.

On a positive note, Carson got to go down on his ventilator rate to 30, which means he is doing more of the work himself. His bilirubin is also down to 4.8 instead of 10 where it was a week or so ago. His color is so much better than it was. He is doing great with his feeds and is up to 7 ml/ hour. He continues to pee and poop like a champ. :) They are hoping to start allowing him to suck on a pacifier soon, but need to get the okay from surgery that his surgical wounds are healed up. So, we will just keep praying for healing until we find out what the study showed.

Kellen is doing fantastic and is up to 45 mL per hour on his feeding! We are changing him to taking a bottle every other feed so he can get some rest in between bottle feeding. That way he can grow and get stronger faster to where he will be able to take a bottle with every feed. The doctors believe he will go home in the next 7 to 10 days.  Wow.

Prayers:
1) Continued healing for Carson's liver, ability to wean off the ventilator, protect his airway with swallowing, and be able to eat and swallow instead of having to use the G-tube.
2) Thanksgiving: his agitation level and ability to move his neck have been fantastic the last few days.
3) Direction for Liz and Preston with where to stay once Kellen is discharged from the hospital. The Ronald McDonald house has been wonderful but there are a lot of sick children there so it is not the best place to have a premature baby.

Thank you for all the prayers everyone!!!

Posted by Sarah