Saturday Update

Well, Nolan seems to be showing conflicting traits. Clinically he looks great. He is eating wonderfully, filling his diapers well, and hasn't run a fever since Thursday morning. However, his urine still looks pretty bad. On a positive note his blood culture and spinal fluid cultures were negative. That means he did not have infection in his spine or his blood. This is a very good thing. Right now we are playing the waiting game. He will continue to get antibiotics to get rid of the bacteria in his urine. Tomorrow he will get blood tests again (a complete blood count and the crp to test for inflammation). When those results and repeat urine culture results come back it will be decided if we get to go home tomorrow or on Monday. We are praying of course for tomorrow, however we do not want to go home and then have to turn around and come back. We also don't want to go home and worry that he might not be getting better. Most likely next week he will have the test to see if he has any reflux of urine into his kidneys. We are praying hard that this test is negative. If it is positive it is possible that this could be a life long issue for him. We prayed and sewed for a healthy baby through our pregnancy. We are believing that this will hold true and he truly is healthy without long term issues. Thank you for praying with us and for us. We appreciate it so very much.