Growing

(Original appeared May 23, 2016)

Jacob is up to 2lb 14oz and 14″ long. We are thankful for his continued growth!
He is getting another transfusion of red blood cells (he has had a few of these along with platelets lately). Despite the issues with blood, belly, liver and kidneys, his lungs appear to be doing well. Today he will get his weekly brain imaging to see how the blood and fluid is doing there.
Surgery is all but scheduled for later today. The idea is to explore what is going on in his belly and if something, like a perforation, is discovered the surgeon will fix it.
Today will be a very busy day for him. We are both nervous and thankful for this. We hope that whatever happens Jacob will continue on the road to recovery and continued growth.