Zai had a very rough weekend. He became ill on Friday so they stopped his feedings and put an Anderson tube into his stomach to suck everything out. His belly was so tender and distended that you couldn't touch him without him squirming in agony. They took fluid from his spine and sent off a urine culture. His blood level was low again so he needed to have a fourth blood transfusion. He started having A's and B's (when his heart and oxygen drops significantly) again, which we were doing very well without! The doctors believe he has developed some type of a stricture in his bowel that will need to be removed. They were planning on doing a barium enema this afternoon to see where the stricture is, if in fact he has one. After they prove for sure that he has a blockage they will send him to Primary Children's for surgery. Now, everyone that knows Izaiah probably knows by now he likes to keep everyone on their toes! If you say one thing, he does another! The urine culture came back today and it showed he has a very bad urinary tract infection. He is not able to have any procedures done until he is treated for 7-10 days with antibiotics. So, what exactly does this mean? A week and a half of waiting, barium enema, possible surgery, two weeks or so of recovery, and then start all over again! Our dreams of us being home together as a family for Christmas are slipping further and further away. It looks as though we need to shoot for another mark. Maybe Christopher's birthday. That would be a great gift!
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Homie-Ash
I heard from Ferral that you guys had your little man early. We had our little guys 2 months early, so we can relate a little bit on how wearing the NICU can be. One thing we learned about the NICU is that it seems like no one knows what's going on so you have to stay on top of your nurses and Doctors. If you guys ever need a place to crash or just come over and relax we live close to the U of U hospital and would be happy to help in anyway. We hope your little guy keeps getting healthy and strong.
Ash are you staying here in SLC and traveling back and forth, or is Chris here also???
Let us know if we can do anything
Audy and Ash
I am so sorry you guys haven't had a good weekend. It's hard when things are looking so good then turn. We are thinking of you and praying for the best!
Poor little guy! I'm so sorry he (and you) had such a rough weekend! I can't wait until all this is just a memory we can look back on and say "yeah, that was a REALLY crappy time!" He is in our prayers and let me know if there's anything we can do for you down here! Miss you two and can't wait until we are all here together!
Ash I'm so sorry to hear about the bad weekend! You two are in our prayers!! He's definitely a little fighter! Love ya!
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