Friday, February 3, 2017

mystery man

There is not much to report on our Ivan because much remains unknown. His labs still show us that there's an infection of some sort, but his blood and urine cultures didn't grow anything so the source of the infection isn't clear. We are running on the theory that it's a lingering UTI, so he is back on antibiotics for that. Labs are being drawn daily to ensure the antibiotics are doing their thing.

In the mean time Ivan has had some periods of strange-for-him fussiness. Really upset for no clear reason, which is torture for his mama and daddy to witness. In a moment of grasping at straws, we returned to the hypothesis that Ivan may have a nutritional intolerance. So he has been switched to a specialized formula that is hypoallergenic. It may be the formula or it may just be chance, but the periods of unexplained fussiness have disappeared. His fussiness has been extremely appropriate and mostly due to being hungry. A little boy with an appetite makes for one happy mama!

He seems more like himself these days. Very tired, which is to be expected if he's fighting off an infection, but waking up to eat and eating pretty well most of the time. But overall we are still feeling that the reason for Ivan's continued hospitalization is a mystery. We know he's not well, but his illness is largely unidentifed. Every mother's dream, am I right? (insert eye roll) His hemangiomas are still being treated and are stable.

Shout out to grandmas who are willing to drop everything and baby-sit William and Harrison so that mom and dad can hold Ivan when he's not feeling well.

Shout out to all of you who are praying and supporting us during this time. We can't thank you enough.

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