6:30

Still at the hospital. Hoping that they will continue to let me do all the "normal" meds/feedings/etc stuff that is required on a 24-hour shift. He's too sick at the moment to get him out of bed and put him on transport. Hopefully, they will just let me make that part of it up some other time. The plan is still for me to carryout my shift through 6:00 am tomorrow morning.

Currently, his heart rate is still elevated even with an extra dose of atenolol on board. They are drawing blood and urine cultures to see if his little body is fighting some sort of an infection. He's already on preventative antibiotics as well as another one they just started for a minor ear infection. He is also on some sort of medication to help protect from viruses. We will see. If all of these cultures prove that he's not fighting anything and that it might be a heart issue, there will be talk of changing medications. There is good and bad to that. The good is that this new medication might control his heart rate better and just overall put him in a better state of health until his heart repair coming up in 7 months or so. However, the meds he is on now are the "safe" ones. To switch to the new med, he will have to be completely weaned from his beta blocker and then started up on the new med and closely monitored throughout at the hospital. Obviously, if Malachi is not "stable" enough to come home, then we want him at Riley... BUT, selfishly, we want our little man home!!!

Okay, 15 minute "break" over. Back to Chi's room. Please keep the prayers coming.