October 15 & 16 - Days 18 &19

Mason has been doing about the same these past few days.  Ventilator settings go up and down as his blood gases change.  He did have to receive a blood transfusion today, but they think its probably because they have been taking more labs in the past few days.  The doctors have been watching Mason for infection because he hasn't been urinating as much as he should, his blood gases being acidic, and dropping his oxygen saturation several times.  His urine was also bloody tonight so they sent that for a culture and analysis.  We won't get the results back for at least 24 hours.  They will be doing an ultrasound of his kidneys in the morning just to look and see what is going on along with some more labs.