bittersweet reunions, new friends, and more good news

Good news for Athan! He had a good night last night. He ate well and kept his sugars up without exception. This morning at 3 they cut his IV glucose rate by half, and then at 6 we took him off entirely. His stats were all great, and all the labs that have come back so far have been good (which so far means no infection found, and no kidney dysfunction). There are still several labs pending that we will hear more about later - some testing for infection and a host of others that won't make sense to me until we talk to endocrinology again. Looks like we'll be here in the hospital for another couple of days waiting on lab results and adjusting meds, but we will be moved from PICU out the the pediatric floor today.

It has also been good to see our friends from NICU. Sort of. :) Of course we would rather not have these reasons to see them again, but the familiar faces are comforting even so. Many thanks to Becca, Lauren, Kim, Dr. Bada, and others who have come to check on us.

And we're making new friends here in PICU, too. Dr. Z has been so very kind in talking us through his orders for Athan and reporting results. Sherry, Salina, and Erin have been his nurses, and have done such a great job caring for our boy (and his mama!). Our esteem for the staff here at UK Children's keeps growing.