Test Results

Hi everyone. As you know Jackson had a lot of tests today. The echocardiogram (sonogram of heart), as well as the sonogram of the kidneys showed no yeast growth, yeah!!!!!! He also had a kidney function test today. This is where they put a dye in his blood, watch his kidneys absorb it, and then drain. The good news is both kidneys absorbed the dye, meaning they are both functioning. The bad news is that they both drained too slow. They said they expect a healthy kidney to drain in 5-15 minutes. His left kidney took about 18 minutes and his right took about 30. We knew his right kidney was most likely obstructed, and thought he might have a slight obstruction of his left. So basically these are the results we expected. He will have to have surgery done on his right kidney, and most likely his left as well. His oxygen saturations have been great today, and they were even able to decrease his ventilator settings a little. They have also upped his feeds to 14.5mls per hour, and were able to take him off his TPN and lipids (IV nutrition). This is very good news. Overall we had a great day. Hopefully we will start pressure support only trials again this week. Thanks for reading, and praying.
Love
Kimberly and Adam