I was able to be at rounds this morning for the first time all week. Our other 3 kids are taking swimming lessons in the mornings and having a great time! I was extremely pleased when I walked in and saw how beautiful R's blood pressure and heart rate were. The nurse on duty said he has been doing great all morning and he even had 20cc's of urine output! Not a lot, but enough to smile about.
Tim and I returned later in the afternoon and saw that he again was resting very comfortably and his vitals looked great. The nurse told us that this was probably his best day yet. I know that most of you cannot imagine what his belly looks like, but it is even crazier now. He has 4 ostomy bags on his gut. These are plastic appliances that adhere to the skin and collect stool. Well, remember when he kept pulling his g-tube out? It will not stay in now, so they have a bag covering the site. Then the new and old stoma's (part of the intestine) have a bag, and lastly there is an area on his incision that is leaking stool. And this area has a bag. The nurses work so hard to keep him clean and comfortable. They are the best.
The doctors are hoping that the area leaking stool will eventually heal on its own. They do not want to go in surgically, as it may cause more damage than good. The prognosis is that it may take months for it to heal on its own. We pray that our Healer will speed up the process and continue to keep his body free from infection as it heals.
We thank God for this day, as He is the only One who is in charge. It is so wonderful to watch His goodness. We have learned to give R to the Lord, and now the surgeons are leaving it to Him also by not operating again at this time. What an amazing testimony of God's hand. Sometimes life's circumstances cause us to have no control just so we can watch and witness the One who Truly IS.
God Bless you all. God is good...all the time.
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