Chris (Memphis's daddy) has been having some severe back pain the past two weeks. This past Friday he went to the doctor in Huntsville and they said that it is muscle pain. We think from the stress of memphis being in the hospital, not being able to be in B'ham with Michelle, and taking care of Rowan and Braden by humself back home. The doctors gave him a muscle relaxer and prednisone.
Last night, Chris woke up at 3am in so much pain he was unable to get out of bed. He went to the emergency room at that time and was finally released and back home by 8:30 this morning. After 5 hours and much more pain he was told that it was just muscles. He was given a Toradol shot, Codine, and lorazepam.
Memphis gained 260 grams last night putting him at 5480 grams. Not the direction that we hoped we would be going today. His ECMO machine is still turned way up giving him 100 percent assistance. His gases (co2) are also still very high. His saturation numbers are ok but not the best. All in all we are doing about the same as yesterday.
X-rays did not look good today, Memphis is almost completely whited out again. Meaning, that all the air that we did have is gone. This is probably due to the fact that his ECMO machine is on resting settings and Memphis is not having to breath.
We believe we will be starting steroids today but we are not positive on that. If this happens, he will hopefully be able to function a little better.
Thank you for keeping us in your thoughts.
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