Day 27 - 1

First the good news. Nicholas has not had increased chest tube output since starting back on breast milk. I am so relieved! The x-ray shows that his left side is clear (the side without the chest tube). The right side still has a small amount of output, but I think it's getting low enough now where they will be able to take the chest tube out in the next day or so! That means when he comes home, I can nurse him again :)

Now the not so good news. He has a fever and is really not feeling well. Last night it spiked up to 103. This morning he threw up dark green, which the nurse said looks like bile. I feel so badly that he can't seem to catch a break. They have been giving him Motrin, which seems to make him feel better. I just hope whatever this is goes away soon. The doctor did say that a gastrointestinal bug is going around, so she thinks that is probably what Nicholas has. They took his blood late last night to see if he has an infection, so we should know the preliminary results of that tomorrow morning.