Tuesday, July 12, 2011

Back in the hospital….

I have found that sometimes writing the blog updates are therapeutic, then at other times like today, it seems

like such a heavy burden on my emotions...reliving everything that we have experienced during the past four days and typing down all the events is extremely taxing - in my heart it feels like if I had to think back and remember what happened then it meant that this was not all just a bad dream, it was our reality.

On Saturday afternoon William was admitted with a high fever, increased heart rate, and decreased blood pressure.

On Sunday after a rough night filled with constant fever, chills, voting, and diarrhea he had extreme pain in his belly, and while giving him a belly rub I noticed what looked like a hernia. The doctor ordered an ultra sound-results revealed a lot of air and fluid build up around his intestines, William had a perforated large intestines.... Immediate actions were taken to prevent toxic/septic shock, relieve pressure and fix
issues at had.

On Monday was placed, William was put on a continuous infusion of Albumin (hormone/protein that enables the blood/intestines to absorb fluid) William was also put on an extremely strict diet restriction - he is not allowed to eat or drink anything- his intestines needed to rest and the doctors had to ensure that Williams body was passing gas and processing what it needed to.

Last night was a miserable ordeal. Several times during the night William woke up in a panic and unable to breath, the pressure in his abdomen caused his lungs to have some expanding restrictions. Extreme pain and anxiety lead to a lot if vomiting and that lead to migraines- domino

effecting everything in his body....

Right now, he is peacefully sleeping- we have continuous scans and ultra sounds scheduled throughout the day. A lot of doctors are watching him closely and paying attention to even the smallest of changes and blood metabolic panel adjustments.

This is William's journey and we will Keep on Keepin on' and Live Strong with God in our hearts and courage in our soul!

1 comment:

Jeff Gonsalves said...

I'm praying for and thinking about William often. Sory for all the new hardships you have to endure.