Just thought that I would update on Dillon's progress. Dillon was doing so great, we were very optimistic about possibly bringing him home the end of this week. Monday afternoon I went up to visit him. I got to give him a bath and dress him for the first time. I was changing his diaper and there was blood in his stools. The nurse looked concerned right away, and I could tell that she didn't want to scare me. They sent it away for some tests and told me that they would call me with the results. I really wasn't thinking too much of it. I got a call on Monday night around 10:00 saying that they were transporting Dillon up to Primary Children's Hospital because they found an infection in his intestines, it's called Necrotizing Enterocolitis. I guess it is an infection that only preemies get. Basically he couldn't be treated anymore at LDS and he needed to be where they could give him the care that he needs. Cameron went up and gave him a blessing and rode over to PCMC in the ambulance with little Dillon. We are hopeful that they caught it early enough that there won't be any major complications. They have him on antibiotics and they do x-rays on his tummy every 6 hours to check on the infection. They don't want it to spread into his bloodstream. It has been very overwhelming for us. He will probably be there for at least 3 weeks if everything goes well. He has been responding well to the treatment and we are very hopeful that he will make a full recovery. Just keep little Dillon in your prayers!! Thanks for all the phone calls and concern for Dillon. We know he will pull through! Here are some recent pictures of our baby boy.
