they only tap on location at a time, so if he wants to have the fluid drained from his left side we'll have to go back again later. the ultrasound showed quite a bit of fluid in his left side too, so hopefully he can get that drained soon. they did order some labs on the fluid that was drained, and we should have those results later this week.

he is officially on tpn right now. some adjustments to the formula are still being made to make sure he gets a good balance of nutrients. the little pump is quite annoying, but its portable. he was able to stay on his tpn during the entire paracentesis procedure. we are holding off on tube-feedings, but plan on starting it again (in small doses) once things settle down a bit.

he is pretty exhausted at the moment, but finally starting to gain (a little) weight. lets hope this trend continues!