Recovery Day

Gibson had a pretty steady day today.  Some labs came back and his white blood count has gone down.  Dr. Null is fairly confident that they have found the right antibiotic for the pneumonia. It’ll just be a while now for that to really get out of his system.  Very good news though!  Once the pneumonia gets out of his system they feel that Gibson will start making really good progress.  This was just a small dip and twist in the roller coaster that we are on.

The real stumper now is why there is still bile coming back up from his suction tube in his stomach.  He seems to be holding down the feeds well; just can’t figure out why there is so much bile coming up.  They’ll put down 6 ccs of milk into his intestine and get 16 ccs out of bile.  No one really knows what’s going on with that. They’re just going to keep trying new ideas.

                Gibson is learning what he needs to do that is best for his health.  Just like a kid when they’re hungry they’ll let their parents know, Gibson will let the nurses know when it is time to suction out his lungs or his stomach.  He doesn’t panic anymore just tries to cough and waves his arms a little to get our attention.  Then by watching him we know if it’s his stomach that’s bothering him or the mucus in his   lungs bothering him.  He is doing awesome. He’s doing what he needs to  get stronger, but not too much and not over doing it.  We know he’s only a month old but he already has such a big personality and has changed our lives in so many ways! We love our little Gibson!