We are so humbled...

We are so very humbled at all of the friends, family, and strangers that have said such sweet kind words also for all of those that have fasted and prayed for our sweet little children. We are so humbled to hear of all the sweet perfect little children that have rallied their friends and family members to pray for our situation. What a great example they are to us.

Little Preston is still fighting for his life. But I will be the first to tell you, the Lord has heard all of yours and our prayers. The day after my post, Preston was peeing diapers that you could literally ring out!!! What a miracle that was to see! The day of my post, Preston was peeing at a rate of 10. The day after my post, his rate increased to 100!!!!!!! Yesterday, his peeing slowed some, but he had not gained to much weight.

Today we got word that his urine output has increased from 1 ml to 2.5 ml (the doctor wants to see it at 3ml so he is almost there. The doctors are contemplating doing the same heart surgery Madelyn and Parker just had, on our little Preston within the next 24 hours. There will be a team of doctors discussing this as it could easily put way to much stress on his compromised body. But, there is some talk of it improving his situation.

After a very emotional and frusterating visit late last night,my mother spoke with the doctor (She is a nurse) and got the scoop on his condition. She then explained it to Trever and I and we finally understand all that is going on.

During the first two weeks of life, medicine can be given to close a PDA (an open artery in the heart). First they gave Preston Indocine but it did not work. So then they tried Ibuprofen, a different kind of medicine. The side affect of this medicine was a possibility of damage to the kidneys. After this medicine was administered, he started to get a little puffy and they found that he has Acute Tubuler Necrosis. Acute= Now, Tubuler= Tubes, Necroses= Death of tissue. This was found to be in the kidneys. So the tubes in his kidneys were dying. Then, the doctors did a urine culture, and found yeast. So they believe yeast is attacking his kidneys and causing a Urinary Tract Infection as well. They have administered antibiotics to fight this as well. On top of this, the doctors administered an antibiotic called Vancomycin to make sure the MRSA does not spread into the blood. So many scary things are happening inside of his body right now!

So at this point, our goals are:
1. Kill the yeast with antibiotics so the kidneys can recover and begin working properly.
2. Ventilator settings will get better as the fluid is excreted through his urine.
3. Swelling will go down.

So, we still have a few days to weeks before we visibly see him go back down to size. We are hoping he will be able to fight this and survive. We know with the help of all of your prayers, anything can happen. He definetly has alot of work ahead of him. We love you so much Preston, You are our little fighter!!