Some Birthday Week!

Well, we have had quite an eventful week to celebrate my birthday - not really :) Monday, we went in and scheduled an operation on Weston's hernia. Monday night, we found blood in Weston's stool. We called our doctor and they were pretty much expecting it because we had gone off the vitamin K so we could get a natural time for his coagulation. (Maybe I'm not saying all this in the proper medical terms, but I'm doing my best) He continued to throw up blood and blood clots and to poop out blood in his diaper the next morning. He was looking pale to me, so Doug & I took him to the ER. He had more bloody diapers and threw up more blood while we were there. Luckily, the liver doctor on call came just at the right time and got us into resuscitation to give him blood and fluids immediately before he passed out from losing too much blood. It was the scariest thing that has ever happened, but he is doing much better now. They gave him 30 cc of blood in the 24 hour period so for this week we are bumped up to first on the list for the transplant. Then we go do down the point system again. (This is difficult to explain) But they are doing their best to get the best liver possible for Weston as soon as they can. In summary, unfortunately, things have just taken a turn in a different direction for us. We'll keep you updated! Thank you for all your support and prayers. They are very needed!