Finally some down time

So now that things have FINALLY settled down I figured I would update.
So Firday we went back so that he could have his CBC and bili level checked again and well, we never left. We ended up being rushed to Rapieds Women and Childrens because his hemacrit level was down so low that he needed a blood transfusion. We got there and they monitored him, redid his iv and took more blood from him. They cross typed his blood and called the blood bank. About 3 am the nurse(who I absolutely loved!!!) told me that they saw that he had an antigen on his blood and wanted to know if I had rogham and all that cause they were tryin to figure out i maybe it was from the rogham or actually on his blood.
We stayed there til Monday late afternoon. He never got the transfusion cause his levels came up slightly. The LPN for the intensivist said that even though it wasnt a significant rise, she felt better about where it was because there were no immature cells. Monday the intensivist came in and said that we could either go home and be monitored here and come back and do the transfusion if needed or we could do the transfusion that day and go home xmas eve. Wes and I decided to wait and see. I greatly questioned myself about this until I got his test results back on xmas eve when we went for a level check. his hemicrit went from 21.7 to 24!!! His reticulate count went from 14 to 12.6 which is good because it shows his bone marrow isnt having to work so hard to produce more red blood cells.
we are just waiting on all the lab results for the tests they did that had to be sent out to know whether or not hes got some disorder that causes some of his red blood cells to be mishapen and fragile which causes them to bust too eaily when they go through the vessels and capilaries. They started him on iron and polyviciol which is supposed to help. his bili level is back to normal and OMG I didnt realize how yellow he really was til he got a normal color to him.
His jaundice was caused by the anemia. When your blood cells die, it causes them to spill biliruben into the blood stream which your liver filters out. His liver couldnt keep up with the amount of bili spilling into his system.
We go back in about 2 weeks for another level check and hopefully its still good. I feel so bad for how many times hes been poked at. They have used every available vein in his body and he is all bruised up. Hes been super clingy and wanting to be with me all the time and that I dont mind lol. He gets kinda irritable when you touch his arm and legs but thats understandable.
Im happy that we were able to be home for xmas. Those 3 days of going back and forth from Alex to home were hell. Im only happy my mom was here to be with Ashelynn.