6/8/13 Update
As I told my mom this morning...you know you have been at the hospital too long when you can give other visitors directions to get around! :)
Things have been going about the same over all. So negative first then the good!.... His abdomen is more distended and firm this morning than it has been. We are kinda bummed about this because it makes him more miserable and it's suppose to be going down not increasing. It is to be expected because he had surgery and he is retaining a lot of fluid otherwise in his body but its just kinda discouraging. Kinda like 2 steps forward and one step back. He is healing good on then outside as far as his surgery goes. They did increase his pain meds just a touch to help his back pain due to laying in bed for a week now, which has helped. They are also starting a lasix drip to help with his fluid retention as well as dialysis.
The surgeon team replaced his NG tube on thurs night because it was getting plugged and not working right. So that is finally working properly and it makes him more comfortable as well.
Yesterday Randy and Bruce came up to see him and spend time with him. He got up and sat in the chair for about an hour and we played cards! This was encouraging as it takes a lot out of him to do this. This morning he is so swollen that sitting up in a chair is just too much.
Yesterday they did dialysis and they pulled one liter off over 4 hours. Today the plan is to pull off 2.5 liters of fluid over 4 hours in hopes that it will relieve the pressure that is bothering him so much. We pray they will be able to do this and that his blood pressure doesn't bottom out while they are dialyzing him. If that were to happen they would have to stop and if his pressure didn't bounce back there is a chance they would start him back on the medication he had before to raise it.
Needless to say we are going to be here for awhile it looks like. I just want to thank everyone back home SO much for all they have done and are doing to help us out! It means SO much and we appreciate it loads!! We are also thankful for the prayers that are being said...the days get to be long when we are to just wait and see for results. Please pray that we can be tolerant and most of all patience to wait on God to work through all of this!!
It has been a week today that he has been in the ICU.
Things have been going about the same over all. So negative first then the good!.... His abdomen is more distended and firm this morning than it has been. We are kinda bummed about this because it makes him more miserable and it's suppose to be going down not increasing. It is to be expected because he had surgery and he is retaining a lot of fluid otherwise in his body but its just kinda discouraging. Kinda like 2 steps forward and one step back. He is healing good on then outside as far as his surgery goes. They did increase his pain meds just a touch to help his back pain due to laying in bed for a week now, which has helped. They are also starting a lasix drip to help with his fluid retention as well as dialysis.
The surgeon team replaced his NG tube on thurs night because it was getting plugged and not working right. So that is finally working properly and it makes him more comfortable as well.
Yesterday Randy and Bruce came up to see him and spend time with him. He got up and sat in the chair for about an hour and we played cards! This was encouraging as it takes a lot out of him to do this. This morning he is so swollen that sitting up in a chair is just too much.
Yesterday they did dialysis and they pulled one liter off over 4 hours. Today the plan is to pull off 2.5 liters of fluid over 4 hours in hopes that it will relieve the pressure that is bothering him so much. We pray they will be able to do this and that his blood pressure doesn't bottom out while they are dialyzing him. If that were to happen they would have to stop and if his pressure didn't bounce back there is a chance they would start him back on the medication he had before to raise it.
Needless to say we are going to be here for awhile it looks like. I just want to thank everyone back home SO much for all they have done and are doing to help us out! It means SO much and we appreciate it loads!! We are also thankful for the prayers that are being said...the days get to be long when we are to just wait and see for results. Please pray that we can be tolerant and most of all patience to wait on God to work through all of this!!
It has been a week today that he has been in the ICU.
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