Today Mason has had a good day (so far). Hopefully it will continue this way during the evening and night. They completely discontinued his blood pressure medicine and his blood pressure has stayed good throughout the day. He was a little more swollen (even though according to his weigh in last night he had lost weight). They are hoping that he will continue to get some of the fluid off but if his blood pressure stays stable they will probably give him some medicine to help him get if off. He was due for a weekly cranial ultrasound but was unable to have it because of the IV in his head. Hopefully he will get that IV out tomorrow if the fungal infection comes back negative because he can get off of that medicine if he doesn't continue to need it. His urine output continued to be good so that is encouraging. They also mentioned in the near future giving him a shot of steroids to help his lungs which would get him off the ventilator but she wants to get him through the infection first. The surgeon said that if things continue to go well that she would possibly think about him having a little bit of food at the end of the week. He still had some difficult with de-stating and had to have his oxygen turned up a little more than they would like but overall it was a pretty good day.
Stay strong little man. Lots of people are continuing to pray for you and the Lord is with you every step of the way.
Isaiah 41:10 "Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you. I will uphold you with my righteous right hand."
What kind of fungal infection did they think he had?? My son had a fungal infection (aspergillus) in the NICU and it was seemingly unheard of! Just curious. Thankful for the "quiet" days...good job little buddy!
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