Not much going on today. I think it should stay pretty calm for awhile. Well, hopefully so at least. If it is calm, that means that there aren't any complications. His white cell count has gone down to 0.13, which means nothing to any of you, but we are looking for it to go down to 0.0. Normal is between 6 and 17.5.
Cael is still eating (Yay!), but not a whole lot. That's okay, though. We aren't pushing it. Since he is on TPN (IV nutrition), he is getting all of the nutrients he needs, so we just want him to get back to eating in his own time. I am hoping he will be back to a normal amount by the time we leave the hospital so he won't have to go home with a feeding tube or something. I don't really know what they would do if he wasn't eating enough when we left. He doesn't, nor has he ever, had a feeding tube, but I know those are common when they won't eat.
He was having some troubles with throwing up the past few days. He was getting an anti-nausea medicine to help, but it was stopped 3 days ago, the day before he was throwing up. So they have now restarted that, and he only threw up once today. He sneezed, and some came up. I don't think he would have thrown up otherwise.
Cael had physical therapy again today. I think he is stumping them a bit. They keep trying to get him to roll over or crawl to get to his toys, but he just looks at them and doesn't do anything. He is definitely able to roll from back to belly and from belly to back, but he only does so if he REALLY wants something, or is upset about being on his tummy. Crawling isn't really coming yet. He likes to stand, but doesn't walk yet either. He is just so content with wherever he is. He doesn't require a lot to keep him happy. So when they put his toys way away from him, he just looks at them, but doesn't really try too hard to go for them. They say he has the muscles, and they are pretty sure he has the strength, but he just doesn't WANT to crawl. lol. He is just too easily content. I guess I should be happy about that. At least he doesn't require constant distractions.
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