Going home in a week or two MAYBE....HOPEFULLY!

Here is the latest from Jamie. Pray pray pray and pray some more that Seth will be able to come home within the next week or two! The Millers SOOO need to all be together as a complete family each and every day! Keep fighting Seth! Soon you can come home!

Okay, so Seth had another setback. Took him off of antibiotics, and things started falling apart again--diarrhea, blood in his stool.. he didn't want to eat at all. So we cut his feedings again, and called the specialist. So Seth saw an infant gastrointestinal specialist yesterday. She said that his problems are most likely from the overgrowth of bacteria (interobacter) that his antibiotics can't get rid of. So she's put him on a better antibiotic (flagyl), and he'll be on that for 21 days. She also said he needs to be on breastmilk (hooray!!! she doesn't think he's lactose intolerant! My continued pumping has not been in vain!). So he started eating again today at 10 ml (about 2 teaspoons), and they're going to move that up slowly but I don't know how slowly--I haven't been able to talk to the doctor yet. So Dr Brady (the specialist) said that if he does well eating breastmilk, then in 7-10 days, so long as he's off of his TPN (IV fluids), he can go home, and will finish the antibiotics at home. Wow! I'm almost afraid to get my hopes up yet again, but as always, can't help myself! I am gearing up for him to come home next weekend! We painted the kids bedroom downstairs, and now have their bunk bed moved down there! I've been using the steam vac on their carpet down there, and wow--it is DIRTY! So we're getting them all moved so we can start setting up Seth's room! So exciting! Okay, that's today's update!