A lot has happened since Halloween… DUH… but I don’t have time at this very minute to do a long update because we are back in the hospital L Baby Dominick has been having bad diarrhea since last Sunday and by the time Thursday rolled around I noticed he wasn’t peeing, which is NO GOOD when you only have 1 kidney… well I guess it is NO GOOD when you have 2 kidneys as well. So we went in to the clinic and after a full day of fluids he still was going #2 quit frequently and had still not gone pee. So, the inevitable happened and we were admitted to Loma Linda Thursday night. They were concerned for his 1 kidney because (bear with me my nurse friends while I probably make NO sense out of what I was told) I guess when you get sick some of your not as important organs can shut down to put all of your energy in to the important ones like your heart, brain etc. So they were certain this is what happened but they wanted to monitor him to make sure his kidney started to work again. It is an understatement to say I was freaking out at the thought of his kidney not working!!! So you can imagine the sight of the first pee Friday was the most excited I will probably ever be to see pee!!!
Yesterday (Friday) he started to pee a lot and was pumped with lots of fluid to help with his dehydration caused by the diarrhea. We thought this morning was a for sure “go home” day since he had not gone #2 since yesterday morning-ish, but sure enough I was woken up at 3:45AM to the sound of Mr. Dominick going to the bathroom :/ By the time the doctor did his rounds he had already gone 4 times… keep in mind rounds are done usually around 11AM! This now has been going on for a week and the most frustrating part is that all of the tests they have run are coming back negative. Every time he goes they are running more test, but I guess as far as infection and bacteria test go there are millions (slight exaggeration) so they are narrowing them down from common to least common as far as what test to do. We are keeping our fingers crossed we get to go home Monday and that his diarrhea comes to a stop within the next 12 hours or so. I can’t imagine how he must be feeling after going so many times a day for a week now!
FUN NEWS- Today we utilized the playroom here on the oncology ward! Ryan was so excited he went straight to the tools and played there for what felt like all day. He loves tool sets and Ryan cannot wait for the day he starts to help him with ”blue” work around the house. Maybe their 1st project will be to build me a really nice shoe rack to organize my shoes J ALSO, Baby Dominick has learned how to “give kisses” and loves nothing more than to kiss dada and all his stuffed animals… little did we know he is kind of obsessed with himself as well! I took this video today and thought I would share J I am kind of bias but he is pretty much the cutest thing in the world!!!
Hope you enjoy and hope everyone has a great weekend ;)
