Hanging out with our favorite man . . .

So they were in the middle of doing the Echo when I got here at about 2:15 and we will definitely have results and a plan by tonight. One thing that was mentioned to me is if they do have to go through with the PDA, they are going to consider giving him the indomethacin instead of going straight to surgery, and that's even if they need to do anything at all. The only reason they decided to do the Echo was because his heart rate went above 200 when it has been pretty consistently between 170 and 190. This does not mean there is a problem with his PDA, it might be being caused by the caffeine they gave him which is pretty common. They only gave him the caffeine as a way to help him break down whatever blood has been clotting in his brain. He has no heart murmur or any other heart problems, they are just being thorough. It is a very good sign that his insulin and sodium levels are correcting themselves and he has high, but good kidney function which are all signs that the bleeding might have already started to resolve itself. They do plan on doing another head ultrasound  by the end of this week or this weekend. We are hoping to see that the bleeding has at least stopped if not started to metabolize back into his system. An ultrasound will not tell us if there is any damage to his brain tissue, but when we are closer to getting ready to go home they will do an MRI which wont tell us exactly what problems we could be facing, but will give us a better idea of what to look for. So we are just hanging out right now. We have nurse Shannon today and she is very sweet and she loves how feisty he is. Our man is a fighter and already a ladies man! More soon.