After the rough start to the day yesterday, he is now doing BETTER than Greg and I expected. He started late Friday night with a 104 degree temp that they couldn't break. By mid to late afternoon Saturday they had got his fever down to around 100 degrees after putting ice packs on his body. Ever since then they have been able to keep it between normal and 101 with tylenol and motrin and Ethan doesn't seem to be as uncomfortable. The other GREAT NEWS is that by late afternoon he began PEEING really well again. Hopefully this additional illness will pass soon and will not have caused major setbacks.
On a side note, I have been asking you all to pray for Ethan's lungs and I am happy to say his lungs have been improving over the last four days! He was tolerating sprints well and his x-ray was getting a lot prettier. Yesterday they decided to stop sprints and let him rest until this fever subsides. This mornings xray was not quite as pretty as yesterdays, but not as bad as we expected with fever and fluid retention.
They have also decided to send Ethan for a CT scan today to see if they can visualize where the infection might be in his body since all his blood tests keep coming back negative.
Thank you all-
Heidi
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Greg & Heidi -
Just want to let you guys know I'm (and I know Brooke is) thinking of you and Ethan. If there's anything we can do for you, please let us know.
Duane
Oh, I'm so glad he's doing better. they can be such stinkers, slow and steady baby.
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