Kidney Day

Today was kidney day...Noah had his kidney ultrasound done and it came back with interesting results. Both kidneys look like at one point they sustained some damage. His right kidney is 1 1/2cm smaller than his left, and his spleen is larger than normal. And, another suprise...he has a kidney stone in his left kidney. What does all this mean? We aren't exactly sure, however, his kidneys are still doing their job, and his bloodwork looks ok, so for now, there is really nothing to be done other than be aware of the problem. It's worrisome to hear, however, not that suprizing considering all the stress those kidneys have endured. Hopefully the kidney stone doesn't cause Noah any grief anytime soon. He also had a VCUG test done today, which was normal (no sign of kidney reflux).

Over the weekend, we noticed that Noah wasn't at all interested in weight bearing as he had been before he got sick. As well, Noah's ESR doubled from Saturday to Sunday, shooting up to 110. These findings are leading everyone to believe that Noah liekly does have another osteomyolitis (bone infection). He will have x-rays done tomorrrow to see if anything can be pinpointed. If an osteo is confirmed, we will be looking at 6 weeks of IV antibiotics. However, once Noah's ESR begins to normalize, we should be able to finish out the course of Cloxacillin at home.

Despite all this, Noah is looking great and getting very bored cooped up in this room. We've been able to start up a very small amount of feeds today, which we will work on slowly increasing as we start to decrease his TPN.