Samuel was the first one when the doctors rounded
today. He remains steady and is making
some progress. His phosphorus and
hemoglobin levels are a little low, but they are treating him for that. His spinal brace has arrived and we will be
putting him in it in a few minutes. He
is ready! He will remain on TPN lipids
for the rest of the day and then they will discontinue it pull his central
line.
At some point today, they are going to let him have some ice
chips by mouth. I’m sure he is super
happy about that. It has been 19 days
since he has eaten anything. Ice chips
are the first step towards getting real food.
When Samuel’s youth group did a 30 hour famine last month, we talked
about how we entertain ourselves with food.
Fasting for 30 hours was so hard because almost everything we do
involves food. I think that has been
even more obvious watching TV. I feel so
bad for him when all the commercials for restaurants come on, and almost every
intermission has food advertisements. If
Samuel meets his milestones, they are talking about stepping him down to the
Intermediate ICU and then eventually moving him out of ICU.
My heart aches this morning for victims and families in
Moore, Oklahoma and other areas affected by the tornados. I can’t imagine how devastated those families
must be. Those communities need our
prayers as it will take a lot of strength to pull through such a catastrophe. Please keep them in your prayers.
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