May 24, 2009

Hilton has had a small setback last night. He began having a low temperature yesterday afternoon and he was not warming back up. The doctors did lab work and found out he was anemic and needed blood. They also decided to put him back on a warmer to regulate his body temperature. In babies, a low temperature could be an initial sign of infection, so they took a blood, urine and spinal fluid sample to be tested for infection. These samples will be looked at over the next three days for the growth of any cultures. At 12 hours, there is no infection noted which is a very good sign. He has been given blood and is being given antibiotics as a precaution. He has perked up considerably after the blood was started. Everyone please pray that they will find no infection and the blood is all he needed. In other news, he was able to get off of his oxygen successfully and all of his vitals are perfect.