More waiting.

We called the NICU at 12:20ish to see how he was doing. His blood pressure was doing better but he still has to pee. That’s pretty much the only change, albeit it’s a positive one right now. I will call again before going to bed to see what’s what.

I called every few hours throughout the night. He’s doing a bit better than before but is still in critical condition. He has started to pee very slight amounts, and his blood pressure is staying stable for now. I hope he pees more.

We went to visit him and we got good news about his condition. He had started passing a bit more urine than before, and it was actual urine, and not just concentrated urea. The doctor has said that, should he continue on his current course, we should see him get out of it. Due to the severity of the critical issues though, we cannot tell if there are going to be any long term consequences as of yet. We will not know for a while. Either way, I’m still ecstatic that he’s getting the care that he is. It’s nice to know that professionals are doing their best to help him fight the craziness which is his current life.

At 4:10 we called the NICU and were happily told that the little guy is peeing a lot and very well. All of his vitals are what they want to be seeing, and all of his blood gases are better than the last time they checked. We are happy about this minor victory, even though we know the battle isn’t totally won yet. Still, being so happy about our little guy urinating feels off in a great way.

We went to visit him tonight and his great-aunt Shelley met us there. He did well today with the peeing and his vitals are all going the way they want them to at the moment. There is always a chance that things could reverse, but he has definitely made forward progress, so that’s a good thing. They’re going to stabilize him more and wean him off of his medicines for the next little bit. Once that’s done, and he’s off of his medications, they’ll start back up with the EBM cycles. They’ll be starting at the 0.8ml (assuming his weight is birth weight) and moving their way up in the same way as before. I’m super happy with the results for today and I’m going to bathe in this feeling for as long as I’m able to.