A new week

>> More of the same roller coaster ride over the last 2 days. Unfortunately, just when we think we are making progress, we fall back behind or encounter a new issue. Lalo's kidneys continue to be a big issue for him. The drs seem to alternate approaches every couple of hours, but at the moment they have turned off the ultra filtrate (the kidney on the ecmo machine), turned off the the dialysis (did we ever mention that they started that over the weekend), and continue him on a medication to encourage his kidneys (basically like caffeine for you or me). So far not doing the trick but we are still hoping that this starts working.
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>> Our new issue is that they believe Lalo has an infection. Yesterday he got really red, his heart rate increased, and the ecmo machine gave some other indications that he may have one. He initially responded very well when they started him on antibiotics, but then continued to show symptoms. They are working on adding several antibiotics to help fight whatever is causing this. So far none of his cultures have come back positive, but they often take 48 hrs, so they treat it regardless. Unfortunately, these antibiotics are also not kidney friendly so it just makes the hurdle more significant.
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>> One positive note is that the attending this morning was pleased with his lungs while looking at his X-rays. We just really need to get over these battles, pray for our little man to have some added strength to fight these issues.
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