A little update...

Griffin held his own today. They have begun two different antibiotics. One they have to be careful with his kidneys on. They suspended his feedings all day today. Repeated the x-ray of his belly, which still showed a bit of unprocessed food. We are hoping he can work that through his system on his own soon. They will repeat that same x-ray for the third time in the morning. The plan is also to start him back on breastmilk only tomorrow, through tube feedings. Other than infection, a less benign cause of all this is that his body couldn't process anything other than my breastmilk and when they added the fortified mixture to it yesterday, he body said, whoa, that's too hard for me to break down, so it didn't.
Our prayer is that he tolerates both antibiotics well and that his kidneys are not affected by them, that he tolerates the feedings tomorrow, digesting the entire amount, that his bloodwork continues to show that he is not succumbing to infection and that he is comfortable. He has a little IV in his arm. He seems to be tolerating it well. I think they had a hard time getting it in, judging by all the sticks he had in his little hand this morning. That was hard to see and even worse to not have been there to comfort him. Please also continue to pray for wisdom for the doctors and nurses. That they will know just what Griffin needs and at just the right time. Also for peace for our family. This is rough, but I know our Griffin is God's child and that he is holding him through this. Last night was rough for me.
I got to spend a whirlwind hour or so working on the nursery with Sean's Mom, Aunt Jane and Sean. I kind of sat and they did most of the work. We made great progress and it feels good to be a little more settled when it comes to Griffin. We will be heading back to the hospital tonight. Hoping to hold him some more and praying for a better night.
Please continue to pray for our sweet boy. We love you all and are so grateful to have you loving and praying for Griffin.
Love,
Stefanie