Yeast

It's official...Noah is once again fighting a yeast infection in his blood, the line likely being the culprit. He spent some time in a monitored bed as his blood pressures were drifting a bit too low, however, they have stabilized and he is back "home" to CH5. He is still retaining fluids and is relying on doses of Lasix to help him get rid of it. The fevers are still around and he is still so far from looking. So everyone is in agreement that this line needs to come out, and somehow we need to keep Noah line free as it has been one complication after another.

Tomorrow our surgeon will pull this line and we will try to do without one and use a peripheral IV to run his antifungal drug. We have started TPN basics today as he is still not tolerating any feeds, (no lipids as his liver is still enlarged). But once we lose this line, I am unsure of what we will do for nutrition until Noah's gut starts working again.

There is lots of talk...ideas floating around...everyone seems to have their own opinions on what is best and where to go from here. But as of now, there is no definate plan and things seem more complicated than ever. Praying for answers...