Reid's Baby Blog: Liver Bloodcount Normal

Wednesday, January 10, 2007

Liver Bloodcount Normal

Today the transplant team made it's rounds, gave the O.K. to unhook basically everything except an I.V. to his neck, he gets his vitamins & a supplement through those. They call it Mountain Dew & Sour Cream. So Mom can hold him real easy, feed him, & burp him (way important) & change those diapers w/out all sorts if cords & lines in the way. His billyrubin count is 0.1-0 which is NORMAL.

Dad had a little episode w/ the boy last night, Mom feed him then left to get supper w/ the gals after he feel asleep. He woke up w/ a burp stuck sideways, Daddy couldn't sit him up or burp him by himself w/ all the stuff hooked to him, the nurse helped at first & it looked like we were over the hump, then she had to go down the hall to help w/ a little crisis in another room, (we have lots of those here) & another burp got stuck sideways & it was a big one, tears were flowing. Basically Dad freaked out & called Mom on the cell phone to tell her to hurry up. Me & Reid will have to bond today, I'll put in a UFC video & prop him up for some testosterone to get flowing in that room. That ought to help. Get him burping & tooting like a man (joke).

So things are getting back to normal, getting ready for some post transplant care learning to come soon. Take care, thanks for the prayers everyone & pray for sanity for us.

Love Dad

1 comment:

Anonymous said...: We are to praise our Lord in everything, PRAISE GOD for poopy diapers!! (did ya ever think that would have been something to praise about?)
By the way Reid and Grandpa Roy were on T.V. tonite. Grandpa looked worse than Reid, and Reid just got out of surgery!!! ha ha. Grandpa was probably a little more nervous than Reid, with all the attention. Reid handled it pretty well, looking all sweet and sleepy.
Reid's a natural for the movies, Grandpa better stick to raising dogs.
Your in our prayers . Be blessed!; January 10, 2007 at 8:57:00 PM PST

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About Reid Morgan Peterson

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REID PETERSON FUND at GLACIER BANK.

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Thank you so very much.

Miracles Do Happen!

Throughout this adventure, one thing is for sure, miracles do happen! Starting from 'day one', we have experienced one miracle after another.

First, we conceived a beautiful baby boy, Reid Morgan Peterson. Second, we made it through a difficult pregnancy. Third, through an unusual string of events, we found ourselves on a fast track of discovery and divine intervention, from Reid's birth until now. (The words 'difficulty to diagnosis to depending on God' had been a reoccuring theme for the past four months.) Fourth, we received blessing after blessing, as finances and jet planes were made available. Fifth, we received news of a liver donor and all the following events flowed into place. Sixth, Reid received a new liver and the miracles keep coming.

We are told that most of these kind of transplant surgeries involve a certain amount of abdominal swelling and / or organ swelling. (In our case, swelling of the liver.) Because of that, 90% of the time, the incision is left open. However, in Reid's case, there was no swelling to speak of and the doctors were able to completely close the incision at the end of the surgery. Not only that, but the new liver started working before the surgery was even completed. This is remarkable! A miracle.

Also, we were told that Reid's skin color would not be better for at least 4-5 days following surgery. However, immediately following surgery, Reid was already looking SO MUCH BETTER. White in his eyes and less yellow in his skin. Also, people keep remarking about his countenance. They call him 'spunky', 'a fighter' and 'strong'. He is more alert and active than what was to be expected. Over all, it seems that even his recovery is miraculous in how quickly he is healing.

We were told that we'd be in the hospital at least a month .. about 10 days in ICU and another 20 in a regular hospital room. However, after just 8 days since surgery, Reid is ready to be discharged from the hospital. In those 8 days, he was eating sooner than expected, he was healing sooner than expected, he was taken off of tubes and IVs sooner than expected, he was taken off of pain killers and meds sooner than expected. This quick recovery is generally unheard of.

We look forward to the wonderful blessings that are yet to come our way for our beautiful miracle baby.

Thank you Abba Father, Jesus and Holy Spirit for your supernatural touch of grace and healing, peace and love, faithfulness and power.

We also want to thank YOU! ... All of you out there who have been praying, sending encouraging notes, helping financially and taking care of our responsibilities back home. We've needed you and we appreciate you so much.