I put the
spinal brace on Samuel and he ate all of his lunch. Physical therapy came by and we worked with
Samuel for about an hour. She asked if
he had been doing his exercises in bed.
He has not been doing them because no one had ever talked to him about
doing exercises. We took him for a walk
of about maybe 40 feet and then back to his room. He sat in a chair for a couple of hours. Then he said his pelvis was hurting from the
brace, so we put him back in the bed and removed the brace. They came by and did another x-ray of his
abdomen to see if there were any changes from yesterday. There
still is one area that they are concerned about, but we aren’t going to do
anything about it now. Dr. Kozar came by
and explained what she thinks is going on.
All of his counts are within the normal range again, Praise the
Lord! I asked Dr. Kozar if we can PLEASE
just go home. She said that she knows
how to reach me and I know how to reach her (we exchanged cell phone numbers)
so she doesn’t see why that would not be possible. They are doing another dye test on Samuel
tonight. He will have to drink some
contrast and they will take pictures every four hours and then they are
releasing Samuel to go home tomorrow morning!!!! I am so excited! They went over everything with me. I really think Samuel will gain his strength much
quicker at home. We spend so much time
sitting and waiting here. I will need to
have another adult at home to help me, but with our large crew of mostly grown
kiddos now, that should not be a problem at all. Samuel is ready to go home. It will take more than a year for him to
recover from this, but every month will get him a little closer. His goal will be to not have additional
setbacks and to get strong enough to have more surgeries in November or
December. This has been a long road and he has come a
long way, but has a lot ahead of him.
All the doctors say it’s a miracle he is alive. The Lord definitely has a plan for
Samuel. I can’t wait to see what that is. Blessings!
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