A bump in the road

Well, we had scare yesterday evening.... Maverick quit producing urine, then his blood pressure started dropping. He had gained I don't know how much weight - and was very edematous. Dr. Rhees (the PICU dr) did an ultrasound of his abdomen and found pockets of fluid that had collected. He placed drainage tubes in both sides of his lower abdomen to drain the fluid. That relieved a lot of pressure from his abdominal cavity and he had around 30mls of urine output after that. His blood pressure rose, his pulmonary function improved (his lungs started working better), and he is somewhat stable now. He's continued to make urine since this incident. Lots of answered prayers! He still has some heart issues and they're tweaking some of his meds (he has 17-20 med pumps going at any given time), but hopefully we're heading toward a more stable place. His nurse cleaned him up after he stabilized - his brown hair sticks up like a mohawk when it's clean. He's so cute - even when he's edematous. We appreciate all your thoughts and prayers. We know they're being answered. More later today, I gotta get some rest. jc