riley.

I’m getting a lot of questions on how Riley is doing so I figured I would update everyone through my blog. As most of you know, he was moved from the Brigham City hospital down to Primary Children’s last week so it’s helpful that he’s now in such a child centered environment. His kidneys are definitely functioning better than when they first arrived. At this point, his blood count is high so they’re watching for infection with hopes of doing a CAT scan as soon as his kidneys can handle it.

Yesterday he had a visit from a therapy dog named Jazzi which he really enjoyed. And today he got his staples removed – all 25 of them! Still no word on when he’ll be able to go home. He needs to be able to keep solids down.

Riley has a CarePage where my sister is posting updates so feel free to check it out. All I can say is that my nephew is the bravest kid I know. He’s been through a lot these last couple of weeks and has handled it all better than most adults would. He definitely deserves all the soda and lemon-berry slushes he wants when this is finally over!