May 20th - Day 50

Hello everyone,

Happy Birthday to Carter who turned 50 today...50 days that is! The nurses and docs are fixing his oxygen rate to a steady level and Kristi was able to place an NG tube in Carter to replace his NJ tube. So todays progress is that he is back to a NG tube under continuous feed (28ml/hr) and they fixed his oxygen at .1 liter(?) He seems more alert and has been awake for me the last two days (I haven't seen him awake for about a week until yesterday!)

Lastly, Carter has spent some time with some infectious disease specialists and they have determined that they believe his fevers are being caused by his medicines. They have had no specimens grow from his various blood and urine tests and even the spinal tap (lumbar puncture.) This is why they believe he is not sick despite his fever. They also stopped his antibiotics since he isn't sick.

More news to come later. Nothing new on the status of his heart. We are still waiting for him to get older (he seems to be doing this normally, usually a day older every 24 hours :) ) and to get heavier (still struggles with it.)

You may be interested to know that they weigh him in kilograms (he is 4.2 kg) so to convert, you multiply by 2.20462262. Therefore 4.2 x 2.20462262= 9.25 or 9 lbs 4 oz.

Thank you for your prayers and support.

Love,
Alan & Kristi