Feeling Much Better

Brandon seemed to be feeling much better last night when we were at the hospital. He was moving around a lot more than before and crying when he was bothered. He was also sucking on his pacifier which he had not been doing when he did not feel well. Before I left the hospital he had a big poop. That was really good because his bowel sounds had not been good due to the virus. After his poop they improved. I came home to sleep last night since he was doing well. Sue said she would call if anything changed and said I could call as much as I wanted. I did call in the middle of the night once and this morning. Both times she said he was doing well. He had another big poop and she took the tube out of his stomach that was taking the air out since there was no more bile coming out of it. His CO levels improved. When he first got sick he was in the 80s, this morning he was down to 59 which is much better. His oxygen on the CPAP was down to 21% which is room air. He had started at 40% oxygen when he first got the virus. The hemoglobin level (I think that is what she said) is still low so if that does not go up he may need a blood transfusion and his platelet counts are low which may require a platelet transfusion. Both of these counts do get low with viruses. His body may make more on its own but if not he may need the transfusions. Sue seemed to think they will not feed him if his platelet counts are low. Hopefully they will go up soon or he will have a transfusion because he seems to be getting hungry.