May 26, 2009

This morning was similar to yesterday with Bryce really appearing to be in a lot of pain and continuing to be confused part of the time. This condition on top of his appearance of being so jaundiced and gaunt has been very difficult for us.

The medication that they gave him for his white blood count really worked well as his counts quadrupled. We were worried that maybe he had an infection going on, but his temperature has remained normal and his other vital signs are quite stable. (Count our many blessings!)

His bilirubin has increased to 23.3. One doctor's theory on this is that with the liver not functioning at full capacity and since his bowels and kidney are not working that the body is just unable to flush it out.

The nephrologist felt that part of Bryce's confusion could be due to a high calcium level. They have decided to do dialysis everyday now for three hours. Jerica said that this evening, following dialysis, when Bryce was sitting in a chair, that he was almost himself so it appears that the dialysis really helped. She really enjoyed the time she was able to spend alone with him tonight. We are so grateful for the unconditional love that she has for Bryce and all of the time she spends to be with him at the hospital. We know that she is an angel sent from the Lord for our son.

Even though we are concerned about his confusion we are cracked up by some of the things Bryce tells us. One of the staff, whom Bryce has known for sometime, came by to check on him and asked how he was doing. Bryce told him that he was just waiting to get a liver transplant. Kendra had to let him know that he wasn't getting a liver transplant and that his liver is working better. Kendra also asked him today if he wanted a back massage and he said no, that little boy over there wants one first. (Of course there was no little boy.)

Thank you again for your continual prayers. It means so much to us!