A mind of his own...

Well, here is the latest update on Ezra. Ezra has been on Peritoneal Dialysis to try and assist his kidneys, get the fluid off and get the toxins out of his body. Ezra was doing well on the Dialysis until it started leaking around the catheter going into his Peritoneum. When that happened they had to reduce the amount of Dialysis fluid that they were putting into his Peritoneum. When they reduced the fluid that they were putting in his B.U.N started to rise. The BUN rising meant that the toxins in his blood were not being removed, so the Dialysis was not doing what they had hoped. With the rising B.U.N that could make it even harder for his blood to clot and make it harder for him to fight off all the infections that he has.
Dr. Colaizy (who is the doctor on staff right now) talked to us about the situation and told us that they felt it was very important that we start Ezra on the Hemo Filtration Dialysis. They will put a catheter into his body that will take the blood out filter it and put it back in. I know that isn’t a very good description but that is the best I can do. Two of the worries that come with this are of course infection, and trying to maintain a good blood pressure. There are many other worries or risks but I’m not going to list those right now. The surgery will take place tomorrow, so we will keep you all updated on how it goes.
8/26/08


Today was a fabulous day! Beau and I got to the hospital expecting that Ezra would be going into surgery today. Well, Ezra did not agree with that. Around midnight last night Ezra started peeing! And he is STILL peeing! What does this mean? It means that his B.U.N has gone down a tiny bit and his Creatnine has gone down as well. This is FABULOUS news. So the doctors wanted to give him some more time before doing the Hemo Filtration. The Doctors have a good plan set up and so we will just follow that for however long we need to. It’s funny because they have all said that Ezra has a mind of his own. He will do things when he is ready to…they can’t push him. That’s our boy…STRONG! Dr. Colaizy came into the room today and one of the first things she said was “Ezra had a lot of people praying for him last night.” VERY TRUE and we are thankful to all of you for that. Ezra is not out of the woods of course but today is a day for celebration. I’ve come to notice that you really need to enjoy these good days because when the bad ones come you need to be able to remember and hold on to the good ones. Yes, I am just now figuring that out. Granted Beau and I are both still guarded because this is so UP and DOWN…but still we are extremely happy that for today Ezra is peeing.
8/27/08