August 14, 2006 Erik is still trying to get home

It has been a busy week! Erik was progressing and tolerating pedialyte feeds last Wednesday so Thursday we moved to pediasure (more nutritious). He did fine with this until Saturday. Saturday afternoon he started to experience abdominal discomfort. Sunday morning he started running a fever. The doctors have stoped the feedings for 24 hours to let his body rest and then we will try again. They seem to feel that this is not unusual after the type of surgery Erik had - it takes time for things to get back to normal. A good thing that has come of this is that they are now looking at his sodium levels. For months each time we had bloodwork done his sodium was low. They would hydrate him and it would improve but we remained concerned about it because it did not remain in a normal range. We now are working with an endocrinologist to determine if his medications are causing this or if it is related to his body and the way it is processing. Keep us in your prayers. We pray that we will quickly find the cause of the sodium imbalance and that his body will quickly start to return to normal! Love in Christ, Erik's Family