Bailey settled really well after his escapade on wednesday night and he is now back to the position he was in before it happened. This means that he is still seriously ill but he is no worse than before. If anything he is slightly better. Since then he has gradually increased his water output and this will hopefully mean that his puffiness will decrease in the coming days, to show just how much inflamation and swelling remains around his belly. X-rays and visits from the surgeons have dictated that his treatment stays with him being on antibiotics and observation rather than surgical intervention at this time. This is because his bowel has not perforated and that his body is just too small to warrant the risk of an invasive procedure. If things were to get worse for him, the risk of not doing a procedure to put a drain into his belly would be overtaken to minimise damage and the risk of perotinitis. As things are now though the doctors are content to wait it out and let Bailey and the drugs do their thing.

Over the last week Bailey has been on albumine infusions and drugs to try and get his water works going again and gradually he has been blowing up like a balloon as he retained most of the fluids he was given, but this morning the hospital says he is doing well at shifting some of it.

We are certainly breathing a little easier now. The wee man is a fighter and he's not giving up.