We suffered some setbacks this morning, but the rest of the day went well and we are hopeful that tomorrow will turn things back around. Baby B’s white blood cell count went back up to over 16,000 and he vomited the banana he ate for breakfast. His doctor changed his antibiotics and he’s now on 3 different antibiotics that will “knock out anything he even thinks of getting.” Hopefully we’ll see the white blood cell count drop back down tomorrow. The nutritionist thought his higher count today could’ve been a result of the iv nutrition they added. I’m still concerned about the lingering liquid in his abdominal cavity. I hope it’s just residual wash from the surgery and is naturally reabsorbed, but worst case scenario is an infection that could require additional surgery if it proves to be resistant to the antibiotics.

After the vomiting this morning, B spent a lot more time up either in a chair or walking and he ate strawberries and drank Ensure… not much, but still better than nothing! He was in good spirits sitting up when I left. Hopefully tomorrow will bring lower white blood cell count and increased appetite!

In lighter news, we received this package from Grandpa Grupp!! It provided some much-needed laughter therapy. The back story is that a few days before his appendicitis, Brennen signed onto my Facebook account and said that I was starving him and only giving him dog food when I did feed him. So this is what arrived in the mail!!!