A little piece of heaven

I just felt peanut kicking for the first time!!! Hi baby!!!

The saga continues. Nathan just exploded – he threw up everything he’d consumed in the last few hours. Including all the bananas and pedialyte we’d given him to try to get his potassium up.

His IV blew earlier this morning so we were trying to get his potassium up through fluids and nutrition.

The doctor just came by and mentioned she’s worried that he’ll get back into trouble if we don’t restart the IV. But she wants to give him a chance off the IV first to take a step towards home. Although after the vomiting incident, that’s not looking likely. Most likely a new IV will be started in the morning.

By now the bacterial infections should’ve cleared but he is still whining a lot and appears to be experiencing lots of discomfort.

The major concern now is his heart. It is still not picking up past 65, even during waking times. The EKG showed arrythmias. The question now is – is the heart irregularity being caused by the low potassium? Or did Nathan ALSO have a virus that messed with his heart?

Once his potassium is back up, we can see if the heart picks up again. If it goes, then YEAH! We are in good shape. If it doesn’t, then we are in trouble. It means his heart may have suffered damage from this illness.

She requested a consult with a pediatric cardiologist so we can figure out what’s going on.

And after 3 days of sleeping all the time, Nathan now seems to be having a hard time sleeping. He’s been trying to falll asleep since 7pm but wakes up every 15 min’s or so whining.

I just don’t know what’s bothering him, or what to do about it.

After seeing a light at the end of the tunnel and feeling like we were on the road to recovery, we’ve fallen a few steps back and realize we still have a journey ahead.

PLEASE keep praying!

Slowly but surely he is bouncing back.

He’s starting to eat and drink. He is asking for what he wants. He enjoyed a stroll around the picu.

Today he spent most of the day awake!

So I will steal Pam’s line: Believe…prayers work!!!!! Thank you so much for helping our superhero!!!!