Oliver had another perfect blood gas check and is holding his own in the respiratory department. No changes to his diet-the nutritionist did ask to run labs on him next time we take blood to make sure he is absorbing enough vitamins. He had platelets last night and again this morning. His nurse today asked if we can draw labs once a day and still give him platelets twice a day since he almost always needs the platelets anyway...one less blood draw every day for Oliver! His Doctors agreed that since we aren't treating him for anything right now it would be fine to draw platelet levels once every 24 hours. Also, the IV in his scalp has served it's time, as has the PICC. There is a bigger PICC they can replace the old one with that allows nurses to draw from the PICC instead of having to poke him-and they can still give products through the same line. This means Oliver would be down to one PICC line, no IV AND no more pokes! As you can imagine, no one wants to put a hole in Oliver and risk it bleeding endlessly (plus it's just plain sad to make a baby cry!)
No changes to Oliver's medications and all test results that are back are negative...There is a new test that has to do with the clotting proteins in the blood that will be run next week.
Hope you are all having a wonderful Valentines day!
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