Happy Memorial Day

Ben says that he'd rather be BBQing with Uncle Tim, but at least they restarted his feeds!

He's actually had a pretty good day. His creatinine fell again, now down to 1.8. He received another blood transfusion, and they stopped most of his antibiotics. They kept him on one to cover the bacteria in the ventilator tube. They restarted his breast milk feeds through his NG, as they are no longer worried about his bowels. His electrolytes seem to be much more stable; they have only had to replace his potassium, and his sodium level has been holding steady. Best of all, his urine output has increased over the last two days. Both days he has made 100 cc more than the previous days. We are very encouraged by all of these trends, and hope that it signifies improving kidney function!

He is still very jaundiced and is still retaining a lot of fluid, mostly in his abdomen and lower extremeties (feet). He looks very comfortable. Sometimes, though, you can tell he is trying to cry, but since he is on the ventilator, no cry comes out. Poor little fellow. He looks like Sophie when he tries to cry - uh oh!