Yesterday, the wound-vac was changed by the surgery team. They reported that the bowls looked pink and healthy and they did not see any active bleed. She does have a tear in her rectum, so they will be keeping her on antibiotics as a preventative measure and will not start her feeds for a few more days until it heals a bit.
The CT scan was not done yesterday, but will be done today. They did do an ultrasound of her neck and kidneys yesterday. Her kidneys are normal size and the neck did not show any blood clots. Woohoo! However, they don't understand why the neck is swollen and red and circulation to the arms is not adequate. The arms can look red and a bit purple at times.
Bloodwork still shows infection, although they can't find the source. Hopefully the CT will show something. Possibly pockets of fluid that are breeding bacteria that they can drain and culture. She will be having the CT later today, so I will come back and update once we have results.
9:00 pm: Sorry, but still no results from the CT. The Radiologist will read them and we will hopefully have a report tomorrow morning after rounds. Let you know then....
Thinking of you today Shelly. I'm praying for Miss Faith and for the doctors and nurses who are caring for her. Hang in there Shelly, you and Monty are doing a great job!
ReplyDeleteOur family is praying for Faith and your family. We believe in miracles and are thanking God in advance for the healing that He is performing in Faith.
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Chuck, Laura, Will, Ryan and Gabriel Lewis
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Shelly,
ReplyDeleteThank you for the update. I've been thinking of you and your sweet Faith these past few days especially. We were in the hospital with Ramona for a few days. She's fine, trying some new meds and home with us now. But I am physically and emotionally exhausted. I cannot imagine what YOU must be going through much less what Faith has had to battle these last few weeks.
This story from little Drew Himmelberger's blog always encourages me when I'm feeling sad about what Ramona has had to face: http://himmelberger.blogspot.com/search?q=goliath
I hope it will give you some encouragement too. I am praying and believing that Faith will heal and recover. I am praying that God's purpose for her will be fulfilled. I am praying for the hearts of your whole family.
Love, Jane. www.RamonaMae.com
You're in our thoughts and prayers. Please give me a call if there's anything we can do.
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We are praying and Praying !!! keep the Faith. Barbara and Nick .
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