Doing better...

Well, today Lyla seems to be feeling better--she's even more like herself and up to her little Lyla antics--smiling and talking, and definitely eating better too. Her blood cultures are negative after about 48 hours so the infection most likely did not spread to her blood, which is very good news. It's basically contained to her urinary tract and possibly her kidneys. She no longer has any fever and her weight today was 11 lbs 1 oz. She's getting her IV antibiotic twice a day and they've reduced her IV fluids so that she will take more by mouth. We're still anticipating she'll need to be in the hospital until at least Monday so she can finish her course of antibiotics. The results of her kidney ultrasound were that her right kidney (which was the one we thought was non-functioning due to blockage and dilation) has become less dilated which is good, but her left kidney is more dilated, possibly because she has the infection. But her kidney function lab work still came back totally normal. Yay! After the infection is all cleared up Lyla will remain on some antibiotics by mouth prophylactically until she has some tests done to further examine exactly how well her kidneys are functioning. She is more prone to getting urinary tract infections because of some abnormalities in her bladder and urinary tract. :( We will try to avoid them as much as possible! It's sometimes hard to not feel like it's my fault though that she got the infection. Anyway, thanks for the outpouring of love and prayers and emails and encouragement. We know the many prayers for Lyla are being heard. And I'll continue to update daily!