Please pray for Caleb!

Caleb has taken a turn for the worse. This is what we know at this point:

He has a bowel infection, which is the reason why he wasn't eating much the past couple days. It could be pretty serious if the infection doesn't subside. He has been moved back into one of the NICU rooms like he was in before and is in an incubator again. He won't be allowed to eat again for at least 10-14 days to make sure his bowels heal properly. To compensate they put him back on an IV which will give him the nutrients he needs. He is also being given some high power anitbiotics which will hopefully knock out the infection before it gets worse.

He was pretty anemic before, but now with all of the blood tests he is even more so he will need to have a blood transfusion. They will give him one within the next 12 hours. Pray that it goes well and there aren't any complications.

The doctor is great and answers our questions, explained the whole process and showed us the x-rays how they know its an infection. Basically, the bacteria, that is inside everyone's bowels to help digest, has become irritated and infectious. The real problem is that the infection can eat through the wall of the intestine causing all of that potent bacteria out into his body cavity. If it gets to that point he will require surgery and will be transferred to Children's Hospital in Seattle where they have pediatric surgeons. We hope and pray that it doesn't get that far and that the antibiotics will knock it out.

We'll keep you posted when we find out anything new. Please be praying for little Caleb!

Thanks.

Ryanade