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Sunday, March 22, 2009
It's 3 weeks today since he was taken to ITU.
I got to see a consultant this evening. His bilirubin count has gone down a bit and she thought he was also looking a little less yellow. They took him off the antibiotic that they thought was having an adverse affect on his liver and it seems to have done the trick. He had also got a bit of a fever over the weekend and that has come down as well. They have been able to reduce his oxygen and the ventilator pressure a wee bit. All positive things. Not so positive - his kidneys didn't do anything after they took him off dialysis and his potassium levels started to increase so he's back on it, his blood pressure dropped a bit so they've put him back on the drug to stabilise that, and he's not absorbing his feed again so he's back on IV nutrients.
On the whole though, tiny steps forward. I just hope he has the strength and the fight in him to keep this up.
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We're still cheering for Ian!
He looked a lot less yellow that I was expecting, and was not as thin as I was expecting - normal muscle wastage through lack of activity, but his ribs aren't showing.
Tiny weeny baby steps forward over a period of time constitute bigger steps froward. Let's hope this trajectory continues.
Is there anything else we can do to help, Lisa?