Not a Big Deal

This past week Luke has been very swollen and the diuretic has not delivered. His eyes are tiny little slits, and all black and blue, and his stomach is sticking way out. He is irritable and can't play like he wants to. I called the nephrologist yesterday and told him that Luke was very uncomfortable and eating almost nothing. When Luke is bloated he has no appetite. The nephrologist sent Luke for more lab work (good times!), and then prescribed a second diuretic to take on top of the first one. This new one is serious stuff! We need to push the bananas and orange juice to avoid loss if potassium, and watch him closely for dizziness and dehydration.

In addition to all this he has a little cold, and I'm not talking about the fish. He is congested, which doesn't bother him too much all day, but of course gets worse when he lies down to go to sleep.

Luke is still in good spirits, and barely cried at his lab work today. He has gotten two new trains out of the deal! He also ended up with 2 fish and a new tank instead of the glass bowl we originally had (thank you daddy!). In addition to Cold, we also got Nemo. I suggested that one of the fish was Lexi's and he gave his usual response to Lexi moving in on his fun..."Yexi is too yittle." Translation: Lexi is too little.

In other news Yittle Yexi will be eating food for the first time today. She is four months this very day and will get a teaspoon of rice cereal for dinner tonight. Let's hope it ends up in her tummy and not all over mommy!

Please continue to pray for Luke to be strong and continue to breeze through whatever may come next.

"Mommy don't touch it, its not a big deal!"
-What Luke told me when I asked to see the boo boo he got from the blood work this morning.