11/7/10 part 2

Had good visit today with the boys. Colton got to hold mommy today which was fun to see he was doing good today other than a little lab work and the prong from the cpap trying to come out of his nose he stayed the same. Jackson on the other hand had some small improvements his heart rate decreased down into the 160 170's which is alot better than 200 where he was the night before his mean arterial pressure (MAP) was getting into the 60s today which means the doctors started to back off on his blood pressure medicines. He also had two good pee pee diapers (yay for pee pee) we are so happy because when his blood pressure is so low as it was his kidneys wont rid his body of the fluid it needs to. They were able to come down on his oxygen from 100 percent down to 74 and was down on one of his bp meds by half. Small steps are good steps and hopefully we are headed in the right direction. The doctor did tell us they were upping his protein to help his capillaries retain the fluids he is being given. He did tell us his swelling could take as long as it took to put on to go away so we know this isn't going to be a immediate cure. It is so hard to have two kids and to see one doing so good and the other having to endure so much illness. Hopefully with the small steps Jackson made today he will turn the corner and be back to his old self again.