something isn't right

another call from the NICU about Ivan, this one at 1 o'clock in the morning.

anyone who knows our sweet son has noticed that he had been very pale for the last week or so. once a ruddy red like his brothers, now with very little color to speak of. I asked if it was just because he was sick and if his color would start returning and was told there was no reason for concern. his labs were good. he was tolerating feeds once again. he seemed to be perking back up.

until last night. and so a call came in at 1AM about our dear boy. one of our regular nurses was caring for our boys and said she watched as Ivan got more  pale and more lethargic as the night went on. she placed calls to the nurse practitioner and to the doctor because she knew something was not right. labs were done which showed that his hemoglobin and hematocrit were no longer stable. they had dropped drastically in a very short amount of time.

imaging was done to try and find a bleed somewhere in his body. antibiotics were restarted and feeds were once again stopped. our precious boy got yet another IV placed, this one so that he could receive a blood transfusion.

so here we sit. we are waiting for the results of the imaging that was done. we are comforting our dear son. we are praying for answers.

please join us as we pray.