Almost Home!

After spending all day with Tyson Kellie got discharged from the U yesterday round 4:00 pm after the doctor took out her staples from her incision and discovered a small hematoma about two inches wide and an inch deep, which was not allowing the incision to close. After cloterizing it with a Nitro stick they packed it with gauze. I will be her nurse now, responsible for repacking it twice a day.

Tyson is doing awesome. His Platelet count dropped yesterday to 49,000 and today it is 56,000. His Bilirubin was elevated yesterday to 16 and an additional light was added, today he has come down to 9, NO MORE LIGHTS :) Blood cultures have showed no growth since he was borne allowing the IV to be taken out, since there are no signs of infection. He is eating well and has been awake for us all morning long, giving us smile and moving his head just like his older brother did this young.

The plan from here is to redo an Echo-cardiogram tomorrow for any signs of narrowing of the aorta which can be associated with TAR's, the one performed at birth was negative. The reason for the repeat is because now the PFO (hole in every babies heart when borne) will be closed and the ductis arteriosum (blood vessel that bypasses the blood from the lungs in all fetuses) will both be closed and they will be able to know for sure that his heart is ok.

If the Echo is negative and blood work of Tuesday is normal, we will be ON OUR WAY HOME!! They did an ultrasound of his kidneys (which can also be affected by TAR's) and that was negative for any defects.

Thank you, and we love all of you who have been praying for our behalf, this has truly been the most humbling time for us, and it is all of you that has helped us make it this far!