R looks great! Rounds were brief today as the doctor said he looks great and hopes that the ventilator can be taken off on Wednesday. That was great news.
A wound nurse was working on R's wounds this morning. All of the bandaging was off and it was amazing to see the large incision (not closed all the way) with a portion of his intestine exposed; his ostomy site (pink as can be); his old ostomy site and the previous location of his g tube (waiting to heal). Each of these four sites has a bag attached to it that collects any stool or other fluids that manage to make their way out. If you recall, the portion of the exposed intestine is what was scheduled to be repaired in surgery a week ago last Saturday. The nurse explained that it is beginning to heal and will (hopefully) end up being another location for stool to be collected. The concern is if it does not heal (so far so good) or if stool leaks into his belly (has not happened yet).
A continued area of concern is his kidneys. R is peeing more, but not at the volume they would like to see. We are believing it will just take a little more time.
We are thankful for the progress he has made over the past 9 days. The rest has done him a great deal of good.
Join us and believe in faith that God will continue to do an amazing work in his little body - even to the amazement of the doctors and nurses that care for him. All a testimony to God's glory.
2 comments:
Our God is very great....a good, good God. There so much hope for R's future!
We serve a good, good God. There is much hope for R's future.
Love and prayers, Peggy
P.S. I forgot to sign my name on previous comment......
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