Thurday (06-11)

Kade's output of urine had increased overnight to about 2 ml an hour. Which for us is a good sign to know that his kidneys are still working. They do want more to see more, 2 ml is a very small number when compared to the input of fluids in his body. We are not in a imminent need to start doing dialysis, so that was the big win for the day.

They did have to open Kade's belly back up around noon and complete a exploratory check on how things were going inside him. During Kade's last surgery on Tuesday, they decided not to close the opening on his belly, but instead to pack it with a sponge and hook up a drainage tube so that they can try to minimize the gathering of fluids and pressure in that area. When they opened him up today the intestines were again filled with fluid and showed visible stress. The Doctors informed us that when they drained the intestines they saw large amounts of mucus tissue, so they cleaned it out. From this they seem to think Kade may have had a viral infection which may have caused the Intussusception, the original need for surgery on Monday. The good news is, the tissue will regenerate, but they needed to also let us know that there is a possibility that if the intestines don't improve they may have to remove some. A couple other good things we noticed after the procedure were the color of his lower extremities and a more reasonable heart rate.

Hanna came today and we really enjoyed spending some fun time with here. She is loving all the time with Grandma and other family. We had a good talk with her and the folks here at Child Life about what is going on with Kade and why Mommy and Daddy have to spend so much time away at the hospital. We have decided that now is not the best time for her to see him, he needs to recover a little more and maybe a few less tubes.

By the end of the day on Thursday Kade was up to about 5ml an hour. Go boy go!

Thank you again for all your support, We heard one of the doctors say that Kade has "rounded a corner" today. Oh to hear them say that is great. It's a little after 9 Pm right now and we are waiting for the rounds to here from the big group on doctors on what they are thinking tomorrow may hold.

We just finished meeting with the night shift for rounds. They are pleased with Kade's small victories today: urine output, blood pressure, feet color, and heart rate.

God blessing to all of you.