Yesterday, the doctors worked with Carson's ventilator on the settings to try to help him breathe easier and get better ventilation. At the end of the day, his blood gases were better. After getting blood yesterday, they were able to turn down his oxygen on his ventilator quite a bit. So far, none of his cultures from his trach, urine, or blood have grown anything. This is certainly a positive thing as we do not want any infections on top of everything else. They have increased his feedings to try to help him gain some more weight. His weight was up to 6 lbs 2 oz, but we believe a lot of that is from the blood more than anything. We will all be cheering when he makes it over 6 lbs to stay.
After reviewing the studies of his liver, they cannot determine exactly what it means... they do not believe it is a clot in a major artery to the liver so believe they can just watch it. Carson will have additional studies of his liver in a few days. They also are watching his kidneys because a couple of those labs came back abnormal.
All in all, another day on the roller coaster that is the NICU, but we continue to be thankful for the joy Carson is giving us each day and the gift of his life. We continue to pray for healing and will wait patiently and take it one day at a time.
Kellen, Preston, and Elizabeth continue to fabulous.
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