Tummy Issues

Well, we hit a little bump in the road yesterday. Hunter's stomach was becoming distended and we pulled almost 300 cc's of blood and undigested food from his stomach. After much debate, GI scoped him and found that he had a GI bleed, the inside of his stomach appears "scratched", my term, due to all the stress and him going septic 6 weeks ago. So, we have added some meds to help coat and heal his tummy. The critical care Dr's will be consulting with GI to determine what the plan is feeding wise.

Next in line is our Kidneys. We are still off CVVH (Dialysis) for the time being. Of course one of the meds they put him on to stop the GI bleed decreases urine production. Seriously I feel like we can't win!! So, we added a few diuretics and we continue to make urine. Hunter ended the day at about 400 cc's positive. So, a few adjustments will be made today. We will decrease how much fluid he is getting in to hopefully help him get more fluid balanced and we will attempt to use a few diuretics if needed. We are hoping that his kidney's start filtering the urine better, as some of his numbers are high. If his numbers remain high, which means his kidneys are not doing a good job filtering, we may need to put him back on CVVH temporarily at least to help him out. So, please continue to pray for lots of good filtered pee.

As far as respiratory, we are not making too many changes there. We are keeping the vent settings as is, to help him try and rest. His X-ray appeared a little bit better this morning, so we continue to give that time. We have to get a few of the other things in line and under control first.

Last but not least, Hunter was having some weird behaviors. Twitching, startling easy, elevated temp, and a heart rate that was a little higher than normal. It appears Hunter is going through withdrawals. Yes, that is what I said. Never in my life did I think I would need to watch one of my children go through withdrawals, especially at 8 years old. Talk about heart retching. He is finally sleeping really good, the first time in 4 days.

So, we continue to pray for healing and guidance. Please continue to pray for lots of good filtered pee, healthy lungs, a healed tummy, and an overall good recovery.

Thank you again for all your prayers, love and support during these hard times.

God Bless