The Wise One

middle of the night, the doctor ordered a blood tranfusion as Sage appeared not to be doing too well ...however in the morning, when they tried to do the tranfusion, they had difficulty as if i'm not mistaken the veins were giving problem...finally started tranfusion at 9.10am

sage appears to be quite puffed up today.....a result of lack of isoleucine and valine in the system, so the dr decides to pump up those quantities...constant vomitting has resulted in there being a feeding tube inserted directly into the intestines, bypassing the stomach...his body still has a high amount of water retention causing aunty cindy to remark that he looks like that scottish guy from austin powers 2 :p haha but no..he's never like that guy..he's too cute!!

gain bout 300 g over the past day but possibly that most of it is due to water retention. at this rate his weight should be about 3.6-4 kg if i'm not mistaken (dont have exact figure)

on the plus side, he's being more responsive to touches and he's having more unassisted breath although they haven't taken him off the respirator....he's yet to open his eyes since thursday morning...

he's also got a new buddy...Leo the leopard...haha most of the time Leo is put to 'work' supporting the weight of his master's hands or legs...

things look to be on the upswing...