Update

Wow! Sorry for not updating. I haven't had much time for a full update....

Nolan was doing good and even though he was in the PICU for Christmas it was a good Christmas until that night he started seizing again.  Apparently his sodium and his calcium dropped again pretty quickly.  He got past that and we were able to get all his labs stable then his oxygen need started increasing and the doctor had to re-intubate.  What we think happened was they were trying to flush all the chemo out with lots of IV fluids and Nolan hasn't been able to get out of bed so the fluids went to his chest.  So far they have drained about 700 mls from his right chest his left side has some but we are hoping to get rid of it with some lasix.  The cultures they got from the fluids drained hasn't shown any sign of infection. Thank goodness!!  They are doing antibiotics anyway just because his crp levels have been increasing.  We're trying to cover all our bases.  Just be in prayer that tomorrow's x-rays will show continued improvement and we can continue to work on getting Nolan off the vent!

Brittany 

Rejoicing in hope, patient in tribulation, continuing steadfastly in prayer 

Romans 12:12